Experimental study of crack during ceramic drying and compare with the finite element

Authors

1 Assoc. Prof., Mech. Eng., Birjand University, Birjand, Iran

2 Assist. Prof., Mech. Eng., Birjand University, Birjand, Iran

3 Ph.D. Student, Mech. Eng., Birjand University, Birjand, Iran

Abstract

Drying is one of the main processes during manufacturing ceramic products. The part shrinks as the water content evaporates. Shrinkage phenomenon during the drying of ceramic materials can cause defects such as crack and deformation as a result. Since many parameters influence the ceramics drying & drying shrinkage, the experimental investigation of all of them is time consuming and expensive. Numerical simulation for drying process can be an appropriate method so as to control and improve the defects mentioned above, and it can also be as a tool for mold and ceramic parts design in reverse engineering. The objective of the current research is to study the drying of a ceramic material with known chemical composition and to analyses the process using Finite Element Analysis method. Deformation values were experimentally measured using machine vision and image processing techniques. Strain vectors were determined based on which a comparison could be performed between analytical and experimental model. The drying model developed was verified by experiments.

Keywords

Main Subjects

References

[1] Vogel HJ, Hoffman H, Roth K (2005) Study of crack dynamics in clay soil. Geodema 125: 203–211.
[2] Peron H, Delenne JY, El Youssoufi MS (2009) Discret element modeling of drying shrinkage and cracking of soils. Comput. Geotech 36: 61–69.
[3] Hallet PD, Newoson TA (2005) Describing soil crack formation using elastic-plastic fracture mechanics. Eur J Soil Sci 56: 31–38.
[4] Costa S, Kodikara JA (2008) Modeling of desiccation crack development in clay soils. IAMCMAG 12: 141–152.
[5] Hu LB, Pe’ron H (2006) Numerical and phenomenological study of desiccation of soil. Geotech Geol Eng 148: 166–177.
[6] Shi B, Liu C, Zhaho L, Wang B (2008) Influencing factors of geometrical structure of surface shrinkage cracks in clayed soils. Environ Geol 101: 204–217.
[7] Kasschieter EF (2002)On the risk of cracking in clay drying. Chem Eng 88: 133–138.
[8] Keum YT, Jeong JH, Auh KH (2000) Finite-element simulation of ceramic drying process. ceramic process research 10: 112–126
[9] Denis A (2002) Introduction to drying of ceramic. Brosnan Clemson. South Carolina.
[10] Guven I (2006) The finite element method and application in engineering using, Erdogan Madenci. The University of Arizona.
[11]. Janjai S (2008) Finite element simulation of drying of mango. Biosys Eng 99: 523–531.
[12] باقریان م (1389) کنترل کیفیت محصولات تولیدی به کمک ماشین بینایی و تحلیل محصو.، پایان‌نامه فوق‌لیسانس، گروه مکانیک، دانشگاه بیرجند، بیرجند.
[13] باقریان م، خلیلی خ (1390) بررسی تاثیرات ضخامت قطعه بر انقباضات خشک شدن. اولین کنفرانس بین المللی خاور میانه.
[14] Bagherian M, Khalilia K, Khisheh S (2013) Numerical simulation of drying ceramic using finite element and machine vision. procedia technology 8: 386–391.
Journal of Solid and Fluid Mechanics
Volume 4, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
March and April 2014
Pages 119-129

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics