A-Area: A multi phase-field model including pore spaces in simulations of sintering processes

Motivation and objectives:

• Simulation of the total (inital, intermediate and final stage) sinter process
• Optimization of the process and material parameters
• Better understanding of the involved processes
• Prediction of the structure
  

• Large scaling phase-field simulations including pores
• Variation of the particle size and temperature
• Study of the densification under different process and material parameters
• Study of the Cobel-exponents for the underlying diffusion mechanism
• Validation of the model

• Simulations expect the densification
• Pores emerge, split and merge
• Cobel-exponents differ, because we use no concentrationfield at the moment
• Next step is to integrate a  concentration field to describe the various diffusion paths