Numerical Simulation of the Temperature and Stress Field Evolution Applied to the Field Assisted Sintering Technique
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(a) The associated thermal, electrical, and mechanical boundary conditions are placed on a simplified 2D axisymmetric geometry. The cylindrical coordinate axis is placed along the central axis with origin at the center of the sample. Points 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 correspond to various reference locations used throughout this work. The mesh, composed of 12,428 three-node triangular elements, was applied using a Delaunay triangulation. (b) The experimental and simulated applied uniaxial loading as a function of time.
(a) Boundary conditions, coordinate reference frame, and mesh
