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Phase Field Simulation of Pressure-Assisted Sintering Process of Uranium Nitride
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1.CNNC Key Laboratory on Fabrication Technology of Reactor Irradiation Special Fuel Assembly, Baotou 014035, China;2.China North Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd, Baotou 014035, China;3.School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China

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TL211.1+.3

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the Joint Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the China Academy of Engineering Physics (NSAF Joint Fund) (Grant No. U2130105)

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    Abstract:

    The pressure applied during the sintering process plays an important role in improving the final density of UN pellets. In this work, a phase field model of UN pressure-assisted sintering was established by introducing elastic strain energy and particle rigid motion process. The effects of stress on the growth of sintering neck and rigid-body motion on the pore shrinkage were analyzed, and the multi-particle sintering process under the three mechanisms was simulated. The simulation results show that the length of the sintering neck and its growth rate increase with the increase in the applied strain. There is obvious stress concentration at both ends of the sintering neck, and the stress distribution gradually becomes uniform with the increase in time. With the increase in translational mobility, the pore shrinkage rate increases, and the densification completion time is advanced, while the value of rotational mobility has little effect on the pore shrinkage process. The model can capture the formation and growth of the sintering neck, the spheroidization and closure of the pores. The coordination grain number of large volume pores is higher and the existence time is longer.

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[Sun Qiming, Shen Wenlong, Liao Yuxuan, Li Yu, Wang Jijun, Liu Wenbo. Phase Field Simulation of Pressure-Assisted Sintering Process of Uranium Nitride[J]. Rare Metal Materials and Engineering,2025,54(3):671~678.]
DOI:10.12442/j. issn.1002-185X.20240497

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  • Received:August 08,2024
  • Revised:December 03,2024
  • Adopted:December 03,2024
  • Online: March 25,2025
  • Published: March 25,2025