Design sensitivity analysis applied to injection molding process: Injection pressure and multi-gate location optimization

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 2000-H, Issue , 2000, Pages 27-45

  Kabanemi, Kalonji K ^a   Hetu, Jean Francois ^a   Derdouri, Abdessalem ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INJECTION MOLDING; INTERPOLATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; LOCATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DESIGN SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; DESIGN VARIABLES; FILLING STAGE; GATE LOCATION; INJECTION MOLDING PROCESS; INJECTION PRESSURES; LOCATION OPTIMIZATION; NUMERICAL SIMULATION METHOD; PRESSURE PROFILES;

MOLDS;

EID: 84861259697     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2000-1229     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (15)

1. Crochet, M.J, Dupret, F. and Verleye, V. : Injection Molding, In Flow and Rheology in Polymer Composites Manufacturing, pp. 415-463, edited by S.G. Advani, Elsevier, 1994.
2. Dierckx, P.: Curve and surface fitting with splines, Oxford Science Publication, Clarendon Press, 1993.
3. Dupret, F., Couniot, A., Mai, O., Vanderschuren, L. and Verhoyen, O. : Modelling and Simulation of Injection Molding, In Advances in the Flow and Rheology of Non-Newtonian Fluids, D.A. Siginer, D. De Kee and R.P. Chhabra editors, Rheology Series, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1999.
4. Dupret, F. and Vanderschuren, L. : Calculation of the temperature field in injection molding, AIChE Journal, 4 (12), pp. 1959-1972, 1988.
5. Haug, E.J., Choi, K.K. and Komkov, V.: Design analysis of structural systems, Mathematics in Science and Engineering, Vol. 177, Academic Press, 1986.
6. Hieber, C.A. and Shen, S.F.: A finite element/finite-difference simulation of the injection molding filling process, J. Non-Newt. Fl. Mech., 7, pp. 1-32, 1980.
7. Kabanemi, K.K. and Dupret, F.: Analysis of the influence of the packing stage on residual stresses and shrinkage of injection molded parts, In Proc. Numerical Methods in Industrial Forming Processes, pp. 357-363, Chenot, Wood & Zienckiewicz (eds.), 1992.
8. Kabanemi, K.K. and Crochet, M.J.: Thermoviscoelastic calculation of residual stresses and residual shapes of injection molded parts, Int. Polymer Processing, VII(l), pp. 60-70,1992.
9. Lund, E.: Finite element based design sensitivity analysis and optimization, Ph. D. Thesis, Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Aalborg University, 1994.
10. Mcdavid, M.R. and Dantzig, J.A.: Design sensitivity and finite element analysis of free surface flows with application to optimal design of casting rigging systems, International J. for Numer. Methods in Fl., 28, pp. 419-442,1998.
11. Pandelidis I. And Zou, Q.: Optimization of injection molding design. Part I: Gate location optimization, 30(15), pp. 873-882,1990.
12. Smith, D.E.: Optimal design and analysis for polymer extrusion and molding, Ph. D. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996.
13. Smith, D.E, Chen, C.J., Usman, M. and Koskey, J.: Multi-gate injection molding process optimization using design sensitivity analysis, ASME, vol. 227, pp. 259-272,1997.
14. Tortorelli, A.D., Tomasko, J.A. and Morthland, T.E.: Optimal design of nonlinear parabolic systems. Part II: Variable spatial domain with application to casting optimization, Comput. Meth. Appl. Mech. Engrg., 113, pp. 157-172,1994.
15. Tucker III, C.L.: Computer Modeling for Polymer Processing, Hanser, 1989. VR&D, Inc., DOT Design Optimization Tools, Users Manual, Version 5.0,1999.