A finite-element simulation for the drying process of ceramics is performed. The heat and moisture movements in green ceramics caused by the temperature gradient, moisture gradient, conduction, convection and evaporation are considered. The finite-element formulation for solving the temperature and moisture distributions, which not only change the volume but also induce the hygro-thermal stress, is carried out. Employing the internally discontinuous interface elements, the numerical divergence problem arising from sudden changes in heat capacity in the phase zone is solved. In order to verify the reliability of the formulation, the drying process of a coal and the wetting process of a graphite epoxy are simulated and the results are compared with the analytical solution and another investigator's result. Finally, the drying process of a ceramic electric insulator is simulated.
In the DPST (Direct Prototype Spray Tooling) sprayed directly prototype tooling technology of Huazhong University of Science and Technology , due to brittle characteristics of ceramic materials, there was low efficient in the processing of large mold .The study would obtain sprayed ceramic prototypes through Industrial robots directly milling of ceramic rough technology, However, clay ceramic prototype embryos after milling would occur large shrinkage in the high-temperature drying and consolidation. In the paper it has established a clay material mathematical model of heat and mass transfer in the high-temperature drying process, and carried out finite element simulation in the ABAQUS, obtained shrinkage deformation law of the clay material.
Berzelius failed to make use of Faraday's electrochemical laws in his laborious determination of equivalent weights.