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dc.contributor.advisorCaton-Rose, Philip D.
dc.contributor.advisorSweeney, John
dc.contributor.authorParveen, Bushra*
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-07T16:17:16Z
dc.date.available2018-02-07T16:17:16Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10454/14865
dc.description.abstractEnd-gated and centre gated mouldings have been assessed with varying thickness and sprue geometries for the centre gate. Alternative image analysis techniques are used to measure the orientation and length of injection moulded short and long fibres composite components. The fibre orientation distribution (FOD) measurements for both geometries have been taken along the flow path. In shear flow the FOD changes along the flow path, however the FOD remains relatively constant during expansion flow. The core width and FOD at the skin within a long glass fibre (LGF) specimen is different in comparison to a short glass fibre (SGF) specimen. Fibre length measurements have been taken from the extrudate, sprue and 2 positions within the centre gate cavity. The size of the sprue has little influence on fibre breakage if the moulding is more than 1 mm thick The SGF FOD prediction models within Autodesk Simulation Moldflow Insight 2014 (ASMI) have been validated against measured SGF data. At present, by default, the models over-predict the <cos2θ> for most geometries. When the coefficients are tailored for each model, drastic improvements are seen in the FOD prediction. The recently developed SGF RSC model accurately predicts the FOD in shear, in a thin geometry, whereas the Folgar-Tucker model predicts the FOD accurately in expansion flow. The measured LGF fibre length distribution (FLD) and FOD have been validated against the LGF prediction models. The LGF models are currently under predicting the breakage and over-predicting <cos2θ>. The breakage prediction improves if measured FLD of the extrudate is input into the model.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAutodesk Ltd.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />The University of Bradford theses are licenced under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">Creative Commons Licence</a>.eng
dc.subjectFibre; Orientation; Length; Prediction; Modelling; Moldflow; Long fibre; Short fibre; Injection moulding; Glass fibre; Reinforced polymer composite systemsen_US
dc.titleFibre Orientation and Breakage in Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composite Systems: Experimental Validation of Models for Injection Mouldings. Validation of Short and Long Fibre Prediction Models within Autodesk Simulation Moldflow Insight 2014en_US
dc.type.qualificationleveldoctoralen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Bradfordeng
dc.publisher.departmentFaculty of Engineering and Informatics University of Bradforden_US
dc.typeThesiseng
dc.type.qualificationnamePhDen_US
dc.date.awarded2014
refterms.dateFOA2018-07-29T03:57:47Z


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