Research Article

Numerical Simulation of the Temperature and Stress Field Evolution Applied to the Field Assisted Sintering Technique

Figure 5

Temperature contour plots corresponding to four different time periods: 𝑡 = 3 0 0  s, 𝑡 = 6 0 0  s, 𝑡 = 1 0 0 0  s, and 𝑡 = 1 3 0 0  s. The contours in concert with the isotherms further highlight the strong temperature gradients which exist particularly at times 𝑡 = 6 0 0  s and 𝑡 = 1 0 0 0  s.
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(a) 𝑡 = 3 0 0  s
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(b) 𝑡 = 6 0 0  s
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(c) 𝑡 = 1 0 0 0  s
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(d) 𝑡 = 1 3 0 0  s