Research Article

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

Figure 4

(a) Temperature-time profiles at points 1–5 contrasting the temperature dependence on spatial variation. (b) The temperature within the sample, corresponding to the line connecting points 1 and 2, as a function of radial distance. The plot clearly shows the nonhomogeneous nature of the Al2O3 temperature distribution.
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(a) Temperature-time profiles at points 1–5
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(b) Radial sample temperature plot along a line connecting points 1 and 2