Shaping ceramics by plastic processing

Journal of the European Ceramic Society

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1341-1351

  Blackburn, Stuart ^a   Wilson, D Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extrusion; Injection moulding; Paste; Plasticity; Shaping

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DEFORMATION; EXTRUSION; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; INJECTION MOLDING; PLASTICITY;

COMPLEX STRUCTURES; PLASTIC PROCESSING;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DEFORMATION; EXTRUSION; HONEYCOMB STRUCTURES; INJECTION MOLDING; PLASTICITY;

EID: 40649102147     PISSN: 09552219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2007.12.013     Document Type: Article

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