Revealing process and material parameter effects on densification via phase-field studies
arXiv:2308.09682 · doi:10.1038/s41598-024-51915-w
Abstract
Sintering is an important processing step in both ceramics and metals processing. The microstructure resulting from this process determines many materials properties of interest. Hence the accurate prediction of the microstructure, depending on processing and materials parameters, is of great importance. The phase-field method offers a way of predicting this microstructural evolution on a mesoscopic scale. The present paper employs this method to investigate concurrent densification and grain growth and the influence of stress on densification. Furthermore, the method is applied to simulate the entire freeze-casting process chain for the first time ever by simulating the freezing and sintering processes separately and passing the frozen microstructure to the present sintering model.
arXiv comment27 pages, 11 figures; updated with reviewer comments. Supplementary material is available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8263532
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