Compression mold filling simulation

T.A. Osswald. Numerical Methods for compression mold filling simulation. PhD thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, 1986. 

To illustrate the effect of fiber orientation on material properties of the final part, Fig. 8.60 [5] shows how the fiber orientation distributions that correspond to 67 50 and 33% initial mold coverage affect the stiffness of the finished plates. The Folgar-Tucker model has been implemented into various, commercially available compression mold filling simulation programs and successfully tested with several realistic compression molding applications. 

T.A. Osswald and C.L. Tucker III. Compression mold filling simulation for non-planar parts. Intern. Polym. Proc., 5(2) 79-87, 1990. 

Osswald, T. A. and Tucker IE, C. L. (1988), A boundary element simulation of compression mold filling, Polymer Engineering and Science, 28(7), 413-420. 

Today, the most widely used model simplification in polymer processing simulation is the Hele-Shaw model [5], It applies to flows in "narrow" gaps such as injection mold filling, compression molding, some extrusion dies, extruders, bearings, etc. The major assumptions for the lubrication approximation are that the gap is small, such that h < . L, and that the gaps vary slowly such that... 

Chang C-Y. Simulation of mold filling in simultaneous resin injection/compression molding. Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, 2006 25(12) 1255-1268. DOl 10.1177/0731684406060253. 

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