A Model for Partial Viscous Sintering
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Date
1991
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Sun, Ming-shen
Nelson, Christian
Beaman, Joseph J.
Barlow, Joel J.
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Abstract
A mathematical model describing the sintering rate of a viscous material powder bed is presented. This model assumes that the powder bed is composed of cubic packed, equal-size spherical particles. The sintering rate equation is derived in terms of a unit cell dimension or the relative density of a powder bed. A mathematical factor, fraction of sintering, is introduced to explain the phenomena of partial sintering. Key words: model, viscous sintering.