The formation of sintering necks between two metal fibers was investigated using the oval-oval model with respect to the fiber angle range of 0°-90°. Surface diffusion was assumed to be the predominant mecha...The formation of sintering necks between two metal fibers was investigated using the oval-oval model with respect to the fiber angle range of 0°-90°. Surface diffusion was assumed to be the predominant mechanism in every section of the junction of two metal fibers in this model, which was addressed numerically using the level- set method. The growth rates of the sintering necks in the direction of the bisector of obtuse angle, the bisector of acute angle and the fiber axis were discussed in detail. It is found that the growth rate of the sintering necks decreases with fiber angle increasing in the direction of the fiber axis and the bisector of acute angle. However, an opposite variation in growth rate of sintering necks can be found in the direction of the bisector of obtuse angle. The numerical simulation results show that the growth rate of the sintering necks is significantly affected by the initial local geomet- rical structure which is determined by the fiber angle.展开更多
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51174236 and 51134003)the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2011CB606306)the Opening Project of State Key Laboratory of Porous Metal Materials (No. PMM-SKL-4-2012)
文摘The formation of sintering necks between two metal fibers was investigated using the oval-oval model with respect to the fiber angle range of 0°-90°. Surface diffusion was assumed to be the predominant mechanism in every section of the junction of two metal fibers in this model, which was addressed numerically using the level- set method. The growth rates of the sintering necks in the direction of the bisector of obtuse angle, the bisector of acute angle and the fiber axis were discussed in detail. It is found that the growth rate of the sintering necks decreases with fiber angle increasing in the direction of the fiber axis and the bisector of acute angle. However, an opposite variation in growth rate of sintering necks can be found in the direction of the bisector of obtuse angle. The numerical simulation results show that the growth rate of the sintering necks is significantly affected by the initial local geomet- rical structure which is determined by the fiber angle.
