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Simulation of Thermal Transport in a Nanocomposite Blow Mold
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Garg, Deepak
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Year and Degree
2009, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Mechanical Engineering (Engineering and Technology).
Abstract
The thermal design of a nanocomposite mold for the blow molding process has been studied. For low production cycles, there is a significant interest in using lower cost composite molds to replace the expensive traditional metal molds used in the blow molding process. A critical issue in using a polymer matrix composite as an alternative to a metal for mold material is the large difference in the thermal transport properties. The composite mold design must integrate enhanced cooling so that the product can cool sufficiently within a short cycle time. Nanocomposites that use carbon nanofiber offer improvements in thermal and mechanical properties; therefore they are potential candidates for making molds for polymer products. This project describes the design of a nanocomposite blow mold using numerical simulations of the thermal transport in the mold and the stress analysis of the final blow molded product.
Committee
Khairul Alam, PhD (Advisor)
Hajrudin Pasic, PhD (Committee Member)
Peter Klein, PhD (Committee Member)
Xiaoping Shen, PhD (Committee Member)
Pages
99 p.
Subject Headings
Mechanical Engineering
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Plastics
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Polymers
Keywords
Blow Mold
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Nanocomposite
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Polymer processing
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Viscoelastic flow
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Thermal design
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Garg, D. (2009).
Simulation of Thermal Transport in a Nanocomposite Blow Mold
[Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1257829799
APA Style (7th edition)
Garg, Deepak.
Simulation of Thermal Transport in a Nanocomposite Blow Mold.
2009. Ohio University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1257829799.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Garg, Deepak. "Simulation of Thermal Transport in a Nanocomposite Blow Mold." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1257829799
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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