Stress relaxation in the extrusion of pastes

S. Chou, K. Sydow, P. J. Martin, J. Bridgwater, D. I. Wilson

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    Abstract

    Stress relaxation following the sudden halt of ram extrusion was studied over a range of die geometries and extrusion speeds using an alumina paste (solids volume fraction, ø=0.62) and a talc paste (ø=0.51). Distinctly different relaxation characteristics were observed. The alumina paste exhibited a rapid decay to give residual stresses in reasonable agreement with a model based on the pseudo-plastic rheological characterisation described by Benbow and Bridgwater. Although similar forces were required to extrude the talc paste, it showed a heavily damped decay with two time constants. The talc paste also continued to extrude slowly after the ram had stopped. This behavior was attributed to differences in ø and the contribution, and dissipation, of liquid pore pressures. However, increasing the solids volume fraction in the talc paste led to behaviour similar to that exhibited by the alumina paste. © 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)637-646
    Number of pages9
    JournalJournal of the European Ceramic Society
    Volume23
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Apr 2003

    Keywords

    • Al2O3
    • Extrusion
    • Forming
    • Paste
    • Relaxation
    • Talc
    • Visco-elasticity

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