Modeling and simulation of elementary processes in ideal sintering

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1471-1484

  Wakai, Fumihiro ^a,b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSENING; MICROMECHANICAL MODELS; PORE SHRINKAGE;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAIN GROWTH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHRINKAGE; TOPOLOGY;

SINTERING;

EID: 33646588333     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2006.01001.x     Document Type: Article

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