Localized Overheating Phenomena and Optimization of Spark-Plasma Sintering Tooling Design

Giuntini, Diletta; Olevsky, Eugene; Garcia-Cardona, Cristina; Maximenko, Andrey; Yurlova, Maria; Haines, Christopher; Martin, Darold; Kapoor, Deepak

doi:10.3390/ma6072612

Title: Localized Overheating Phenomena and Optimization of Spark-Plasma Sintering Tooling Design

Journal Article · Tue Jun 25 00:00:00 EDT 2013 · Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/ma6072612· OSTI ID:1628438

Giuntini, Diletta ^[1]; Olevsky, Eugene ^[2]; Garcia-Cardona, Cristina ^[1]; Maximenko, Andrey ^[3]; Yurlova, Maria ^[3]; Haines, Christopher ^[4]; Martin, Darold ^[4]; Kapoor, Deepak ^[4]

San Diego State Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
San Diego State Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; Engineering Physics Univ., Moscow (Russian Federation). Key Lab. for Electromagnetic Field Assisted materials Processing
Engineering Physics Univ., Moscow (Russian Federation). Key Lab. for Electromagnetic Field Assisted materials Processing
US Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC), Picatinny Arsenal, NJ (United States)

The present paper shows the application of a three-dimensional coupled electrical, thermal, mechanical finite element macro-scale modeling framework of Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) to an actual problem of SPS tooling overheating, encountered during SPS experimentation. The overheating phenomenon is analyzed by varying the geometry of the tooling that exhibits the problem, namely by modeling various tooling configurations involving sequences of disk-shape spacers with step-wise increasing radii. The analysis is conducted by means of finite element simulations, intended to obtain temperature spatial distributions in the graphite press-forms, including punches, dies, and spacers; to identify the temperature peaks and their respective timing, and to propose a more suitable SPS tooling configuration with the avoidance of the overheating as a final aim. Electric currents-based Joule heating, heat transfer, mechanical conditions, and densification are imbedded in the model, utilizing the finite-element software COMSOL™, which possesses a distinguishing ability of coupling multiple physics. Thereby the implementation of a finite element method applicable to a broad range of SPS procedures is carried out, together with the more specific optimization of the SPS tooling design when dealing with excessive heating phenomena.

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Research Organization:: San Diego State Univ., CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0008581

OSTI ID:: 1628438

Journal Information:: Materials, Vol. 6, Issue 7; ISSN 1996-1944

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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