Densification of mixed metal powder at high temperature

Densification behaviors of mixed metal powder under high temperature were investigated. Experimental data of mixed copper and tool steel powder with various volume fractions of Cu powder were obtained under hot isostatic pressing and hot pressing. By mixing the creep potentials of McMeeking and co-workers and of Abouaf and co-workers originally for pure powder, the mixed creep potentials with various volume fractions of Cu powder were employed in the constitutive models. The constitutive equations were implemented into a finite element program (ABAQUS) to compare with experimental data for densification of mixed powder under hot isostatic pressing and hot pressing. Finite clement calculations by using the creep potentials of Abouaf and co-workers agreed reasonably well with experimental data, however, those by the model of McMeeking and co-workers underestimate experimental data as observed in the case of pure metal powders. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.