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 language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 637-646 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of the European Ceramic Society |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2003 |
Keywords
- Al2O3
- Extrusion
- Forming
- Paste
- Relaxation
- Talc
- Visco-elasticity