INTEMA   05428
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN CIENCIA Y TECNOLOGIA DE MATERIALES
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
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Título:
Fiber breakage in injection molding of polymer composites
Autor/es:
ANTONIO J. PONTES; LEANDRO LUDUEÑA
Lugar:
Guimaraes
Reunión:
Conferencia; Polímeros, Science, Technology and Innovation 2016; 2016
Institución organizadora:
Department of Polymer Engineering, Universidad do Minho, Guimares, Portugal
Resumen:
In this work, a population balance equation (PBE) model is used to predict the evolution of the fiber breakage inthermoplastic polymer/short-fiber composites during capillary extrusion. The least squares spectral method was used to solve theresulting integrodifferential equation. The differences found between the experimental and simulated data were attributed to theselected breakage and redistribution functions. An experimental setup is proposed to find accurate breakage functions for thisproblem. The results indicate that the application of the PBE for such a breakage process could be a powerful tool for the design ofinjection molding molds.