Three-Dimensional Simulation of the Shrinkage Behavior of Injection-Molded Poly Lactic Acid (PLA): Effects of Temperature, Shear Rate and Part Thickness

Authors

  • Wenhe Guo College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Anhui Provincial Laboratory of High-Performance Rubber & Products, and Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
  • Bin Yang College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Anhui Provincial Laboratory of High-Performance Rubber & Products, and Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
  • Ru Xia College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Anhui Provincial Laboratory of High-Performance Rubber & Products, and Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
  • Lifen Su College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Anhui Provincial Laboratory of High-Performance Rubber & Products, and Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
  • Jibin Miao Anhui University
  • Jiasheng Qian College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Anhui Provincial Laboratory of High-Performance Rubber & Products, and Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
  • Peng Chen College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Anhui Provincial Laboratory of High-Performance Rubber & Products, and Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
  • Xuekang Yu College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Anhui Provincial Laboratory of High-Performance Rubber & Products, and Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
  • Qianlei Zhang School of Chemistry & Materials Science, University of Science & Technology of China, Hefei 230026, Anhui, China
  • Shuangquan Deng School of Polymer Science & Engineering, and State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, Sichuan, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-5995.2013.02.03.4

Keywords:

3D simulation, poly (lactic acid), temperature, shear rate, thickness, shrinkage

Abstract

The effects of injection temperature, shear and part thickness on the linear shrinkage of injection-molded poly (lactic acid) (PLA) were intensively analyzed using the Autodesk Moldflow software. The obtained results showed that both melt temperature and shear rate had obvious effects on the linear shrinkage of PLA, i.e., the linear shrinkage of PLA increases significantly with the increase of melt temperature and shear rate. In addition, the shrinkage of high-crystallinity PLA was remarkably larger than that of low-crystallinity PLA, and thin-walled parts was larger than thick-walled ones in shrinkage.

Author Biography

Jibin Miao, Anhui University

College of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Anhui Provincial Laboratory of High-Performance Rubber &
Products, and Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Polymeric Materials of Anhui Province

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2013-09-30

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Guo, W., Yang, B., Xia, R., Su, L., Miao, J., Qian, J., Chen, P., Yu, X., Zhang, Q., & Deng, S. (2013). Three-Dimensional Simulation of the Shrinkage Behavior of Injection-Molded Poly Lactic Acid (PLA): Effects of Temperature, Shear Rate and Part Thickness. Journal of Research Updates in Polymer Science, 2(3), 168–173. https://doi.org/10.6000/1929-5995.2013.02.03.4

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