Abstract
This thesis aims at investigating the packing- and coolingphase of an injectionmoulding-process by
using experiments and simulations. The experiments are carried out firstly with two different materials
in two different geometries at five different flow rates, on an injection moulding machine VC 200/50
(Engel VC200/50 with 30mm screw diameter). Afterwards, the simulations are realized with the open
source software OpenFOAM®. In [Kob15] and [Alt15], the first filling simulations are validated with
real experiments by using the injectionMouldingSolver. This solver is investigated from DI Dr. József
Nagy (Institute of Polymer Injection Moulding and Process Automation in Linz, Austria). For this master
thesis he extended the current solver with a packing- and coolingphase. With the help of the experimental
results, the new injectionPackingCoolingSolver gets validated.
The solver is built up into the filling-, the packing-, and the cooling- phase, which differ in the boundary
conditions. For the mathematical description conservation equations, general transport equation and
two-phase modelling are utilized. Furthermore, the change in viscosity is considered with the CrossWLFModel.
The description of the cristallization is based on the temperaturedependant heatcapacity data,
where the cristallization region is easy to figure out. During this cristallization region, the velocity is
reduced linearly to zero. This leads to a representation of the boundary layer and to a more realistic
behaviour of the flow velocity. Most of the available software-tools have one defined temperature where
the velocity is set to zero.
| Original language | German (Austria) |
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| Publication status | Published - Nov 2016 |
Fields of science
- 205 Materials Engineering
- 205011 Polymer engineering
- 201117 Lightweight design
- 205012 Polymer processing
- 205015 Composites
- 104019 Polymer sciences
- 301208 Pharmaceutical technology
JKU Focus areas
- Nano-, Bio- and Polymer-Systems: From Structure to Function
- Engineering and Natural Sciences (in general)