Spark plasma sintering of zirconium carbide and oxycarbide: Finite element modeling of current density, temperature, and stress distributions

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 404-412

  Antou, Guy ^a   Mathieu, Gendre ^a   Trolliard, Gilles ^a   Maître, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBIDES; ELECTRIC SPARKS; GRAPHITE; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PLASMAS; SPARK PLASMA SINTERING; STRESS CONCENTRATION; ZIRCONIUM; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

ACTUAL TEMPERATURES; APPLIED PRESSURES; APPLIED STRESS; CO-EFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSIONS; DIE SURFACES; DRIVING FORCES; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELING; HEATING UP; HIGH STRESS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; MACROSCOPIC SAMPLES; MECHANICAL FRICTIONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; OXYCARBIDE; PROCESS CONDITIONS; REAL TEMPERATURES; SINTERING TEMPERATURES; SPARK PLASMAS; STRESS DISTRIBUTIONS; STRESS GRADIENTS; THERMO-MECHANICAL MODELS; WALL CHAMBERS; ZIRCONIUM CARBIDES;

THERMAL EXPANSION;

EID: 61849097306     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2009.0039     Document Type: Article

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