Author:
Galuppo Wagner de Campos,Magalhães Ana,Ferrás Luís Lima,Nóbrega João Miguel,Fernandes Célio
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to develop new boundary conditions for simulating the injection molding process of polymer melts.
Design/methodology/approach
The boundary conditions are derived and implemented to simulate real-life air vents (used to allow the air escape from the mold). The simulations are performed in the computational library OpenFOAM® by considering two different fluid models, namely, Newtonian and generalized Newtonian (Bird–Carreau model).
Findings
A detailed study on the accuracy of the solver interFoam for simulating the filling stage is presented, by considering simple geometries and adaptive mesh refinement. The verified code is then used to study the three-dimensional filling of a more complex geometry.
Originality/value
The results obtained showed that the numerical method is stable and allows one to model the filling process, simulating the real injection molding process.
Subject
Computational Theory and Mathematics,Computer Science Applications,General Engineering,Software
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