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

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="698158.fig.003a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/isrn/volume-2012/698158/figures/698158.fig.003a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Temperature-time profile</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="698158.fig.003b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/isrn/volume-2012/698158/figures/698158.fig.003b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Electric potential</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Time evolution profiles of the temperature and the electrical potential taken at point 5, located just above the Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> sample. The temperature profile (a) compares the results from the physical experiments and the simulation. The electrical potential profile (b) shows the corresponding changes in electric potential that resulted from computations via a PID controller and the associated heating/cooling rate inputs.</table>

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Figure 3: Numerical Simulation of the Temperature and Stress Field Evolution Applied to the Field Assisted Sintering Technique 