Flow Analysis of Injection Molds 2E - Hardcover

Kennedy, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1569905126 ISBN 13: 9781569905128

Publisher: Hanser Publications, 2013

Synopsis

Given the importance of injection molding as a process as well as the simulation industry that supports it, there was a need for a book that deals solely with the modeling and simulation of injection molding. This book meets that need. The modeling and simulation details of filling, packing, residual stress, shrinkage, and warpage of amorphous, semi-crystalline, and fiber-filled materials are described. This book is essential for simulation software users, as well as for graduate students and researchers who are interested in enhancing simulation. And for the specialist, numerous appendices provide detailed information on the topics discussed in the chapters.

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About the Author

Peter Kennedy, a native of Melbourne, Australia, studied Mathematics and Education at Melbourne and La Trobe Universities and has a Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University of Eindhoven. After teaching high school mathematics, Kennedy joined Moldflow, the first commercial company to provide simulation software for injection molding. During his 22+ years at Moldflow, Kennedy worked in various positions related to molding simulation and the development of the company's key technologies through internally directed research programs and cooperative projects with academic and industrial research organizations. Rong Zheng was an Australian citizen, who was born in Xiamen, China. He obtained a BSc in Mechanical Engineering in 1982 and a Master degree in Polymer Processing in 1985 at South China University of Technology and a PhD in Computational Rheology in 1991 at the University of Sydney. From 1993 to 2009, Zheng worked for Moldflow Pty. Ltd. (now Autodesk) on research and development of science-based technology for modeling and simulation of injection molding. He was also involved as a Chief/Partner Investigator in several collaborative research projects between Moldflow and universities. He was an Adjunct Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Sydney. He passed away in January 2014.

Review

This book was written by two world-class experts in injection moulding: both were important figures in the Moldflow Company which dominated the market for injection moulding software for a long time. The new edition is a very substantial upgrade from the first edition (1985) and contains much new material stemming from work done at or for Moldflow since that date. Aside from extensive descriptions of computational methods, there are substantial discussions on the physics of flow-induced crystallization and the practical modelling thereof. Shrinkage and warping and the influence of fibres on the process are also treated in novel ways. There are 435 references to other work, and hence the book is a most valuable source of information which should be consulted by everyone working in this difficult but interesting field. --(Prof) Roger I. Tanner FRS

Edition details

• Publisher: Hanser Publications
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1569905126
• ISBN 13: 9781569905128
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 349