Tool Heat Transfer Analysis in Resin Transfer Molding

Wang, T. J.; Lin, R.; Lee, L. J.

doi:10.3139/217.950364

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A simulation of the non‐isothermal resin transfer molding process

Antonucci¹,

Giordano²,

Nicolais³

et al. 2000

Polymer Engineering & Sci

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A simulation of the non‐isothermal resin transfer molding manufacturing process accounting for both the filling and the consolidation stage has been developed. The flow of an exothermally reactive resin through a porous medium has been analyzed with reference to the Darcy law, allowing for the chemorheological properties of the reacting resin. Thermal profile calculations have been extended to a three phase domain, namely the mold, the dry preform and the filled preform. The mold has been included in order to evaluate the thermal inertial effects. The energy balance equation includes the reaction term together with the conductive and convective terms, and particular attention has been devoted to setting the thermal boundary condition at the flow front surface. The moving boundary condition has been derived by a jump equation. The simulation performance has been tested by comparing the predicted temperature profiles with experimental data from literature. Further numerical analysis assessed the relevance of using the jump equation at the flow front position for both filling time and thermal profile determination.

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