Title :
Simulating the behaviour of ceramics during firing
Author :
Pulko, S.H. ; Hurst, A.I. ; Newton, H.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Hull Univ., UK
Abstract :
The details of the temperature fields within a piece of ceramic during firing and their variation with time has a significant influence on the yield of the firing process. Inappropriate firing can result in the creation of local defects or in atypical deformation of the piece as a whole. The thermal effects within a piece of ceramic are, in turn, related to the conditions existing in the kiln and to the position of the body of interest within the kiln. The authors describe a model of the thermal effects within a piece of ceramic during firing in a tunnel kiln. The thermal model is coupled to a model of deformation, to allow final geometry to be predicted
Keywords :
ceramics; deformation; digital simulation; geometry; heat treatment; mechanical engineering computing; ovens; thermal analysis; thermal stresses; ceramics; deformation; final geometry; firing; local defects; simulation; temperature fields; thermal effects; tunnel kiln;
Conference_Titel :
CAD (Computer Aided Design) Tools for Thermal Management, IEE Colloquium on (Digest No.027)
Conference_Location :
London
