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JOURNAL OF REINFORCED PLASTICS AND COMPOSITES
Volume 24, Issue 8, Pages 823-830Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0731684405047769
Keywords
injection molding; numerical simulation; 3D; equal-order interpolation
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The traditional numerical simulation of injection molding is the 2.5D technique based on the Hele-Shaw approximation, which cannot predict the filling of thick or nonuniform-thickness parts and some flow behaviors such as the fountain flow. A three-dimensional (3D) finite element model is presented to perform more accurate simulations of a fully 3D flow. The model employs an equal-order velocity-pressure interpolation method. The relation between velocity and pressure is obtained from the discretized momentum equations in order to derive the pressure equation. A 3D control volume scheme is introduced to track the flow front. The validity of the model has been tested by case studies and experimental verification.
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