Numerical study of a SiC mould subjected to a spark plasma sintering process. (February 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Byon, Chan; Li, Ming-Han; Kakegawa, Kazuyuki; Han, Young-Hwan; Lee, Dong-Yeon
• Is Part Of: Scripta materialia. Volume 96(2015)
• Page Start: 49
• Page End: 52
• Publication Date: 2015-02
• Subjects: Spark plasma sintering -- SiC -- Multi-physics simulation -- Graphite die; Materials -- Periodicals; Metallurgy -- Periodicals; Metalen; Legeringen; Materiaalkunde; Metals, metalworking and machinery industries; Metals; Electronic journals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1016/j.scriptamat.2014.10.023
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1359-6462

Abstract

Abstract : Spark plasma sintering (SPS) is a material processing technique based on the Joule heating of a mould and powder under an electrical pulse or DC current. This study demonstrates the use of silicon carbide (SiC). A finite-element numerical study was performed to predict the temperature and stress distributions during SPS. In addition, it was found experimentally that SPS using SiC exhibits similar behaviour to that with a conventional graphite die.