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Due to the limitation of existing experimental techniques, it is difficult to observe the evolution of microstructure in the sintering process in real time, resulting in a lack of in-depth understanding of the sintering mechanism of two-phase composite fuels. Therefore, it is greatly important to carry out theoretical simulation studies in the sintering process of composite fuels. In this work, a phase-field model of the two-phase sintering process of ceramic composite fuel is established, and the sintering process of UN-U3Si2 composite fuel is simulated by using this method. The simulation results show that during the formation of sintering neck, the surface deformation of the grains with higher surface energy is significant. The size of the final equilibrium dihedral angle formed by the two-phase double grains depends on the ratio of the grain boundary energy to the surface energy of the two phases. The phenomenon of large grains swallowing small grains does not occur between the two unequal double grains. Subsequently, the pore shrinkage and the properties of the trident grain boundary among the two-phase three grains are investigated in the sintering process. It is found that the angle of the trident grain boundary formed by the two-phase three grains deviates from 120°. The high-energy barrier at the grain boundary hinders the diffusion of the pore vacancies along the grain boundary, resulting in a slow shrinkage rate of the pore vacancies at the trident grain boundary. In addition, the simulation results of the microstructure evolution of two-phase polycrystalline sintered tissue with different volume fraction ratios show that the grain boundary diffusion plays a major role in the two-phase sintering process. The grain growth of the phase with a higher volume fraction is dominant, and there exists a hindrance to the migration of grain boundaries between two-phase grains. The phenomenon of grain migration exists between grains of the same phase.
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Keywords:
- phase field simulation /
- composite fuel /
- sintering /
- grain growth /
- grain boundary and interface boundary
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图 2 两个不同相等大圆形晶粒演化的相场模拟 (a) 6 × 104 $ \Delta t $; (b) 50 × 104 $ \Delta t $; (c) 200 × 104 $ \Delta t $; (d) 500 × 104$ \Delta t $
Figure 2. Phase-field simulation of the evolution of two equal-sized circular grains with different phases: (a) 6 × 104 $ \Delta t $; (b) 50 × 104 $ \Delta t $; (c) 200 × 104 $ \Delta t $; (d) 500 × 104 $ \Delta t $.
图 4 演化时间500 × 104 $ \Delta t $((a)—(c))与1500 × 104 $ \Delta t $((d)—(f))下的平衡二面角 (a), (d) 2个UN晶粒; (b), (e) 2个U3Si2晶粒; (c), (f) 1个UN晶粒和1个U3Si2晶粒
Figure 4. Equilibrium dihedral angles at evolution times 500 × 104 $ \Delta t $((a)–(c)) and 1500 × 104 $ \Delta t $((d)–(f)): (a), (d) Two UN grains; (b), (e) two U3Si2 grains; (c), (f) one UN grain and one U3Si2 grain.
图 5 两个不同相不等大圆形晶粒演化的相场模拟 (a) 2 × 104 $ \Delta t $; (b) 50 × 104 $ \Delta t $; (c) 100 × 104 $ \Delta t $; (d) 500 × 104 $ \Delta t $.
Figure 5. Phase-field simulation of the evolution of two unequal-sized circular grains with different phases: (a) 2 × 104 $ \Delta t $; (b) 50 × 104 $ \Delta t $; (c) 100 × 104 $ \Delta t $; (d) 500 × 104 $ \Delta t $.
图 7 四种不同相晶粒个数比例下3个晶粒烧结的三叉晶界 (a) 3个UN晶粒; (b) 2个UN晶粒和 1个U3Si2晶粒; (c) 1个UN晶粒和2个U3Si2晶粒; (d) 3个U3Si2晶粒
Figure 7. Trident grain boundaries of the sintering of three grains with four different phase grain number ratios: (a) Three UN grains; (b) two UN grains and one U3Si2 grain; (c) one UN grain and two U3Si2 grains; (d) three U3Si2 grains.
Parameter Value Unit Ref. $ D_\beta ^{\text{s}} $ 100$ D_\beta ^{{\text{gb}}} $ m2·s–1 $ D_\beta ^{{\text{gb}}} $ 6.5923 × 10–10 m2·s–1 [30] $ \gamma _{\text{s}}^\beta $ 2.0 J·m–2 [31] $ \gamma _{{\text{gb}}}^\beta $ 1.3 J·m–2 [32] δ 6 nm [32] Note: $ D_\alpha ^{\text{s}} $, $ D_\beta ^{\text{s}} $— surface diffusivity; $ D_\alpha ^{{\text{gb}}} $, $ D_\beta ^{{\text{gb}}} $— grain-boundary diffusivity; $ \gamma _{\text{s}}^\alpha $, $ \gamma _{\text{s}}^\beta $— surface energy; $ \gamma _{{\text{gb}}}^\alpha $, $ \gamma _{{\text{gb}}}^\beta $— grain-boundary energy; δ — diffuse interface width. 表 3 模拟中的无量纲参数表
Table 3. Non-dimensional parameters used in simulation.
Parameter Value Parameter Value $ \tilde A({\varphi _\alpha } = 1, {\text{ }}{\varphi _\beta } = 0) $ 17 $ {\tilde \kappa _\eta } $ 6.75 $ \tilde A({\varphi _\alpha } = 0, {\text{ }}{\varphi _\beta } = 1) $ 11.5 $\tilde {\boldsymbol{M}}({\varphi _\alpha } = 1, {\text{ }}{\varphi _\beta } = 0)$ 6817.5 $ \tilde B $ 1 $\tilde {\boldsymbol{M}}({\varphi _\alpha } = 0, {\varphi _\beta } = 1)$ 6817.5 $ {\tilde \kappa _\rho }({\varphi _\alpha } = 1, {\varphi _\beta } = 0) $ 20.25 $ \tilde L $ 1 $ {\tilde \kappa _\rho }({\varphi _\alpha } = 0, {\text{ }}{\varphi _\beta } = 1) $ 14 $ \Delta x = \Delta y $ 1 $ {\tilde \kappa _\phi }({\varphi _\alpha } = 1, {\text{ }}{\varphi _\beta } = 0) $ 20.25 $ \Delta t $ 2 × 10–5 $ {\tilde \kappa _\phi }({\varphi _\alpha } = 0, {\text{ }}{\varphi _\beta } = 1) $ 14 Note: $\tilde A$, $\tilde B$, $ {\tilde \kappa _\rho } $, $ {\tilde \kappa _\phi } $, $ {\tilde \kappa _\eta } $— non-dimensional parameters of free energy function; $ \tilde {\boldsymbol{M}} $— non-dimensional mobility; $\tilde L$—non-dimensional Allen-Cahn mobility; ∆x, ∆y — space scale; ∆t — time scale. -
[1] Kim H G, Yang J H, Kim W J, Koo Y H 2016 Nucl. Eng. Technol. 48 1Google Scholar
[2] Kurata M 2016 Nucl. Eng. Technol. 48 26Google Scholar
[3] Leenaers A, Van den Berghe S, Koonen E, Jacquet P, Jarousse C, Guigon B, Ballagny A, Sannen L 2004 J. Nucl. Mater. 327 121Google Scholar
[4] Zinkle S J, Terrani K A, Gehin J C, Ott L J, Snead L L 2014 J. Nucl. Mater. 448 374Google Scholar
[5] Terrani K A, Wang D, Ott L J, Montgomery R O 2014 J. Nucl. Mater. 448 512Google Scholar
[6] Johnson K D, Raftery A M, Lopes D A, Wallenius J 2016 J. Nucl. Mater. 477 18Google Scholar
[7] Watkins J K, Gonzales A, Wagner A R, Sooby E S, Jaques B J 2021 J. Nucl. Mater. 553 153048Google Scholar
[8] Wood E S, White J T, Nelson A T 2017 J. Nucl. Mater 484 245Google Scholar
[9] Ortega L H, Blamer B J, Evans J A, McDeavitt S M 2016 J. Nucl. Mater. 471 116Google Scholar
[10] White J T, Travis A W, Dunwoody J T, Nelson A T 2017 J. Nucl. Mater. 495 463Google Scholar
[11] Lopes D A, Uygur S, Johnson K D 2017 J. Nucl. Sci. Technol. 54 405Google Scholar
[12] 刘续希, 高士森, 喇永孝, 玉栋梁, 柳文波 2024 73 148201Google Scholar
Liu X X, Gao S S, La Y X, Yu D L, Liu W B 2024 Acta Phys. Sin. 73 148201Google Scholar
[13] 刘东昆, 王庆宇, 张田, 周羽, 王翔 2024 73 066102Google Scholar
Liu D K, Wang Q Y, Zhang T, Zhou Y, Wang X 2024 Acta Phys. Sin. 73 066102Google Scholar
[14] 王凯乐, 杨文奎, 史新成, 侯华, 赵宇宏 2023 72 076102Google Scholar
Wang K L, Yang W K, Shi X C, Hou H, Zhao Y H 2023 Acta Phys. Sin. 72 076102Google Scholar
[15] 刘明治, 张瑞杰, 方伟, 章书周, 曲选辉 2012 金属学报 48 1207Google Scholar
Liu M Z, Zhang R J, Fang W, Zhang S Z, Qu X H 2012 Acta. Metall. Sin. 48 1207Google Scholar
[16] Kumar V, Fang Z Z, Fife P C 2010 Mater. Sci. Eng. A 528 254Google Scholar
[17] Biswas S, Schwen D, Wang H, Okuniewski M, Tomar V 2018 Comput. Mater. Sci. 148 307Google Scholar
[18] Du L F, Yang S M, Zhu X W, Jiang J, Hui Q, Du H L 2018 J. Mater. Sci. 53 9567Google Scholar
[19] Hötzer J, Seiz M, Kellner M, Rheinheimer W, Nestler B 2019 Acta Mater. 164 184Google Scholar
[20] Wang Y U 2006 Acta Mater. 54 953Google Scholar
[21] Fan D, Chen L Q 1997 Acta Mater. 45 611Google Scholar
[22] Moelans N, Blanpain B, Wollants P 2008 Phys. Rev. B 78 024113Google Scholar
[23] Ahmed K, Yablinsky C A, Schulte A, Allen T, El-Azab A 2013 Modell. Simul. Mater. Sci. Eng. 21 065005Google Scholar
[24] Cahn J W 1961 Acta Metall. 9 795Google Scholar
[25] Allen S M, Cahn J W 1979 Acta Metall. 27 1085Google Scholar
[26] Biner S B 2017 Programming Phase-Field Modeling (Switzerland: Springer International Publishing) p18
[27] Holt J B, Almassy M Y 1969 J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 52 631Google Scholar
[28] 戚晓勇, 柳文波, 何宗倍, 王一帆, 恽迪 2023 金属学报 59 1513Google Scholar
Qi X Y, Liu W B, He Z B, Wang Y F, Yun D 2023 Acta Metall. Sin. 59 1513Google Scholar
[29] Bocharov D, Gryaznov D, Zhukovskii Y F, Kotomin E A 2013 J. Nucl. Mater. 435 102Google Scholar
[30] Cooper M W D, Gamble K A, Capolungo L, Matthews C, Andersson D A, Beeler B, Stanek C R, Metzger K 2021 J. Nucl. Mater. 555 153129Google Scholar
[31] Beeler B, Baskes M, Andersson D, Cooper M W D, Zhang Y F 2019 J. Nucl. Mater. 514 290Google Scholar
[32] Cheniour A, Tonks M R, Gong B, Yao T K, He L F, Harp J M, Beeler B, Zhang Y F, Lian J 2020 J. Nucl. Mater 532 152069Google Scholar
[33] Chockalingam K, Kouznetsova V G, van der Sluis O, Geers M G D 2016 Comput. Methods Appl. Mech. Eng. 312 492Google Scholar
[34] Rahaman M N 1995 Ceramic Processing and Sintering (New York: Marcel Dekker) p446
[35] Riedel H, Svoboda J 1993 Acta Metall. Mater. 41 1929Google Scholar
[36] 孙正阳, 杨超, 柳文波 2020 金属学报 56 1295Google Scholar
Sun Z Y, Yang C, Liu W B 2020 Acta Metall. Sin. 56 1295Google Scholar
[37] Ahmed K, Allen T, El-Azab A 2016 J. Mater. Sci. 51 1261Google Scholar
[38] Yadav V, Vanherpe L, Moelans N 2016 Comput. Mater. Sci. 125 297Google Scholar
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