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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY
卷 99, 期 5-8, 页码 1141-1154出版社
SPRINGER LONDON LTD
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-018-2509-5
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Hot embossing process; Sintering; Finite element simulation; 316L stainless steel powders
For the past 2years, interest in manufacturing technologies based on micro-fluidic systems has been continuously increasing. Today, micro-fluidic systems are used in numerous biomedical and pharmaceutical applications. Micro-fluidics cannot be thought about separately without advances in micro- and nano-fabrication. Investigations based on experiments, finite element modelling and simulations of powder hot embossing process (PHE) were performed to optimise the sintering step and processing parameters of micro-fluidic components. The model pertaining to thermo-elasto-viscoplastic behaviour was identified for 316L stainless steel powders. In this regard, different material properties such as sintering stress, bulk, and shearing viscosities were identified by inverse analysis from present dilatometer measurements using beam-bending and free sintering tests. The identification of materials was performed for various powder volume loadings and kinetic rates for different 316L elaborated feedstock, and the parameters were obtained as functions of relative density. The initial inhomogeneity due to the PHE process has been taken into account in the sintering simulation, as it affects the final shrinkage of the sintered components. The solid-state sintering simulations were investigated for various final sintering temperatures and kinetic rates to obtain high and homogeneous relative density distributions, achieve isotropic shrinkage and optimise the sintering process parameters. The numerical simulations were realised based on the identified parameters on a 3D micro-structured specimen with an associated rectangular plate support elaborated by PHE; this allowed a comparison between the numerical predictions and the experimental results for the sintering stage. The finite element simulation results of the sintering stage with a micro-fluidic structured component at a high final temperature (1360 degrees C) are in excellent agreement with the results of the experiments. The comparison of the simulation and experimental results validated the identified and implemented physical model and proposed methodologies.
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