<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The fibre orientation in short fibre reinforced thermoplastics depends on injection moulding technology parameters. The aim of this paper is to propose possibilities for comparing fibre orientation of the real sample and the result from simulation software. Fibre orientation of selected injection moulding part is simulated. In some selected points secondorder tensor of orientation was estimated. Stereological metallography was used for possibility of comparison these results with experimental ones. An experimental result of estimation of degree of fibre orientation is described. The use of stereological metallography allows very simple and effective experimental estimation of short glass fibre orientation, which can be used for experimental verification of numerical simulation model, which can be optimized to obtained coincidence with experiments.</p></abstract>

The fibre orientation in short fibre reinforced thermoplastics depends on injection moulding technology parameters. The aim of this paper is to propose possibilities for comparing fibre orientation of the real sample and the result from simulation software. Fibre orientation of selected injection moulding part is simulated. In some selected points secondorder tensor of orientation was estimated. Stereological metallography was used for possibility of comparison these results with experimental ones. An experimental result of estimation of degree of fibre orientation is described. The use of stereological metallography allows very simple and effective experimental estimation of short glass fibre orientation, which can be used for experimental verification of numerical simulation model, which can be optimized to obtained coincidence with experiments.

Ways of Comparation of the Fibre Orientation in Injection Moulding Parts

Department of Machining, Assembly and Forming, Institute of Production Technologies, Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, J. Bottu 25, 917 24, Slovakia

Research Papers Faculty of Materials Science and Technology Slovak University of Technology

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The fibre orientation in short fibre reinforced thermoplastics depends on injection moulding technology parameters. The aim of this paper is to propose...

Ways of Comparation of the Fibre Orientation in Injection Moulding Parts

Published Online: Nov 25, 2014

Page range: 109 - 114

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rput-2014-0016

Keywords
Injection moulding, fibre orientation, stereology, numeric simulation

© by Lukáš Likavčan

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Ways of Comparation of the Fibre Orientation in Injection Moulding Parts

Published Online: Nov 25, 2014

Page range: 109 - 114

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rput-2014-0016

KeywordsInjection moulding, fibre orientation, stereology, numeric simulation

© by Lukáš Likavčan

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Injection moulding, fibre orientation, stereology, numeric simulation