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EFFECT OF PROCESSING PARAMETERS ON COMPRESSION MOLDED PMR-15/C3K COMPOSITES
No full textThe consolidation and curing history during the processing of composite materials affects the final properties of a part in various inter-related ways. In order to improve the quality of composites, these process-property relations must be understood in detail. Using a computer-controlled compression molding and data acquisition system, the processing of PMR-15/C3k composites has been investigated. The process parameters considered were the pressure, the time at which it was applied and the crosslinking temperature. Parts were tested for inter-laminar shear strength and flexural modulus, and measurements were made for void content and thickness. Full compaction strength, optimum compaction strength and void sensitivity factor have been defined.X119sciescopu
NUMERICAL-SIMULATION OF FIBER ORIENTATION IN INJECTION-MOLDING OF SHORT-FIBER-REINFORCED THERMOPLASTICS
No full textThe present study develops a numerical simulation program to predict the transient behavior of fiber orientations together with a mold filling simulation for short-fiber-reinforced thermoplastics in arbitrary three-dimensional injection mold cavities. The Dinh-Armstrong model including an additional stress due to the existence of fibers is incorporated into the Hele-Shaw equation to result in a new pressure equation governing the filling process. The mold filling simulation is performed by solving the new pressure equation and energy equation via a finite element/finite difference method as well as evolution equations for the second-order orientation tenser via the fourth-order Runge-Kutta method. The fiber orientation tenser is determined at every layer of each element across the thickness of molded parts with appropriate tenser transformations for arbitrary three-dimensional cavity space.X1159sciescopu
Fiber orientation in the processing of polymer composites
No full textWe review the modeling and simulation of fiber orientation during injection molding processes of short fiber reinforced thermoplastics. Generally, a group of fibers are described in terms of probability distribution function or orientation tensor. Various closure approximation models to express higher order tensor in terms of lower order tensors are reviewed. Rheology of fiber suspensions, multiple fiber-fiber interaction and numerical technique for the prediction of fiber orientation are also considered for concentrated situations.X1135sci
Fabrication method of two-level polymeric microstructure with the help of deep X-ray lithography
No full textTwo- or multi-level microstructures are getting more important in several applications such as multi-component micro optical elements and various microfluidic systems. In the present study, a simple and efficient method is newly proposed for a fabrication of the two-level polymeric microstructures. Making a mother two-level microstructure consists of two processes: (1) the hot embossing process for a fabrication of microstructures on a PMMA substrate, and (2) the deep X-ray lithography using the hot embossed substrate for a high aspect ratio microstructure fabrication, resulting in a high aspect ratio microstructure containing smaller microstructures on its surface. Making use of so fabricated two-level microstructures as a mother structure, one could achieve a mass replication of the same microstructures via injection molding process with a metallic mold insert obtained by a nickel electroforming onto the mother microstructure. In order to demonstrate the proposed method, a polymeric high aspect ratio microstructure having smaller square microstructures on its top surface was fabricated. The fabricated two-level microstructure shows fine vertical sidewalls, which is a characteristic feature of the deep X-ray lithography. In addition, a metallic mold insert for a mass replication was fabricated by a nickel electroforming process.X113sciescopu
3-D FLOW-ANALYSIS OF NON-NEWTONIAN VISCOUS FLUIDS USING ENRICHED FINITE-ELEMENTS
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HARMST, High Aspect Ratio Micro Structure Technology Workshop, Gyenogju, Korea, 10-13 June 2005
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FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF MIXING PHENOMENA IN TANGENTIAL TWIN-SCREW EXTRUDERS FOR NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS
No full textA flow analysis of non-Newtonian fluids inside co-rotating tangential twin-screw extruders is presented with the emphasis on mixing phenomena. A new simplified approach was proposed in modelling the flow, i.e. the flow in twin-screw extruders was considered as a sequence of flows in two regions: (i) the translation region (T-region), similar to a single-screw extruder; and (ii) the mixing region (M-region), representing the central part of twin-screw extruders. The flow has been assumed to be isothermal, steady-state and creeping. Furthermore, it was assumed that the velocity field does not change significantly in one co-ordinate (i.e. the down-channel direction in the case of the T-region and the axial direction in the case of the M-region) as compared with the other co-ordinate directions. Accordingly, a quasi-three-dimensional finite element method has been developed to analyse the flows in both regions. The mixing mechanisms inside the T-and M-regions were analysed and the inter-channel mixing in the M-region was quantified. The residence time distribution and performance characteristic of a single screw with a self-wiping profile were also calculated.X1111sciescopu
MODELING AND NUMERICAL-ANALYSIS OF COMPRESSION MOLDING OF 3-DIMENSIONAL THIN PARTS WITH CURING PROCESS
No full textA numerical modeling is proposed for the simulation of flow, heat transfer, and reaction kinetics during the compression molding of three-dimensional thin parts. A nonisothermal, non-Newtonian model including the kinetic equation for a curing mechanism of thermosetting materials is implemented in a computer program, and a finite element method is used to simulate a preheating, a filling, and a post-heating stage during the entire compression molding process. As a more rigorous approach, a moving boundary condition due to the drag motion of an upper mold of a nonplanar shape or due to an apparent slip phenomena of particle filled materials is introduced into the present modeling, resulting in a new governing equation and the corresponding finite element formulation. Verifications of the analysis program were performed with a simple geometry for the Newtonian and non-Newtonian isothermal cases, in which the numerical results are found to be in good agreement with theoretical results. Effects of the moving boundary condition and processing conditions, such as thickness of compression molded parts, mold closing velocity and the preheating stage on overall compression molding processing, are numerically investigated. Numerical results for a car fender are also presented as an example of industrial applications.X113sciescopu
Colored particle tracking method for mixing anlysis of chaotic micromixers
No full textMicromixers have a variety of applications in chemical and biological processes, becoming an important component in microfluidic systems. The present work aims at understanding detailed mixing behaviour of micromixers by developing a numerical analysis scheme, which ultimately facilitates efficient micromixer design. A systematic numerical method has been developed, enabling visualization of detailed mixing patterns and quantification of the mixing performance in chaotic micromixers. The overall numerical scheme is named 'colored particle tracking method' (CPTM), consisting of three steps: (i) a flow analysis to obtain a periodic velocity field of a periodic mixing protocol by the Galerkin/least-squares (GLS) method; (ii) a particle tracking step, particles being labeled by a specific color at the inlet according to fluid species, to obtain a distribution of colored particles at the end of the final period; (iii) a quantification of the degree of mixing from the obtained particle distribution. For the last step we propose a new mixing measure based on the information entropy. The CPTM has successfully been applied to three examples of micromixers with patterned grooves to evaluate their mixing performance both qualitatively and quantitatively. The CPTM seems promising as a practically attractive numerical scheme for mixing analysis of chaotic micromixers.X1191sciescopu
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