This book covers fundamental principles and numerical methods relevant to the modeling of the injection molding process. As injection molding processing is related to rheology, mechanical and chemical engineering, polymer science and computational methods, and is a rapidly growing field, the book provides a multidisciplinary and comprehensive introduction to the subjects required for an understanding of the complex process. It addresses the up-to-date status of fundamental understanding and simulation technologies, without losing sight of still useful classical approaches. The main chapters of the book are devoted to the currently active fields of flow-induced crystallization and orientation evolution of fiber suspensions, respectively, followed by detailed discussion of their effects on mechanical properties, shrinkage and warpage of injection-molded products. The level of the proposed book will be suitable for interested scientists, R&D engineers, application engineers, and graduate students in engineering.
Injection Molding
Rong Zheng Roger I. Tanner Xi-Jun Fan •
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Injection Molding Integration of Theory and Modeling Methods
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Rong Zheng School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering The University of Sydney Sydney Australia e-mail:
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Xi-Jun Fan School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering The University of Sydney Sydney Australia e-mail:
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Roger I. Tanner School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering The University of Sydney Sydney Australia e-mail:
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ISBN 978-3-642-21262-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-21263-5
e-ISBN 978-3-642-21263-5
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Preface
The purpose of this book is to introduce the reader to some topics relevant to the modeling of the injection molding process. Injection molding processing links to various scientific and engineering disciplines such as rheology, mechanical and chemical engineering, polymer science and computational methods. While it is impossible to address every aspect of such a broad range of issues, this book is intended to address the up-to-date status of fundamental understanding and simulation technologies, without losing sight of still useful classical approaches. The book is organized as follows. In Chap. 1, a general overview