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Fluid Structure Interaction Analysis in Manufacturing Metal/Polymer Macro-Composites

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2740897· OSTI ID:21061749
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  1. Department of Innovation in Mechanics and Management, University of Padua, Via Venezia 1, 35131 Padova (Italy)
Polymer Injection Forming (PIF) is a new manufacturing technology for sheet metal-polymer macro-composites, which results from the combination of injection moulding and sheet metal forming. This process consists on forming the sheet metal according to the boundary of the mould cavity by means of the injected polymer. After cooling, the polymer bonds permanently to the metal resulting in a sheet metal-polymer macro-composite product. Comparing this process to traditional ones (where the polymeric and metal parts are joined together after separate forming) the main advantages are both reduction of production costs and increase of part quality. This paper presents a multi-physics numerical simulation of the process performed in the Ansys/CFX environment.
OSTI ID:
21061749
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 908; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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