Modelling powder compaction

KONA Powder and Particle Journal

Volumn 25, Issue March, 2007, Pages 4-22

  Sinka, I C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compaction; Constitutive model; Friction; Modelling

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; CRACKS; DIES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRICTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; MODELS; POWDER METALLURGY; POWDER METALS; SOAPS (DETERGENTS); TRIBOLOGY;

COMPACT MICROSTRUCTURE; CONTENT UNIFORMITY; FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; INITIAL CONDITIONS; MODELLING STRATEGIES; POWDER COMPOSITION; POWDER FORMULATIONS; SELECTION OF PROCESS PARAMETERS;

POWDERS;

EID: 84936767380     PISSN: 02884534     EISSN: 21875537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14356/kona.2007005     Document Type: Article

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