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聚丙烯含纖維複合材料在射出成型製程中流動-纖維耦合效應與材料黏彈性交互作用對纖維排向及成品幾何變化之研究

Study on the Interaction between Flow-Fiber Coupling Effect and Viscoelasticity on the Fiber Orientation and the Dimensional Variation for the Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene Injection Molding Parts

指導教授 : 黃招財

摘要


近年來由於纖維強化塑膠(FRP)材料已成為主要的輕量化技術之一,並已廣泛地應用在工業上,尤其是在汽車及航太產業中。然而,纖維之所以能夠增強塑膠,是因為它們的微結構特性,而在這些微結構特性中,纖維排向是最主要影響之因素。然而,在FRP基質內部的纖維排向非常複雜,通常不易透視,故不易掌握。另外,在射出成型製程中,熔膠流動與纖維之間可能存在一些交互作用,此等交互作用可能還會進一步受到材料黏彈性的影響,此等複合交互作用如何影響製程與產品,目前尚未完全了解。因此,在本研究中,我們嘗試使用具有三個ASTM D638標準拉伸試片的幾何系統研究流動-纖維耦合效應與黏彈性之間的交互作用對FRP的影響。我們的研究方法主要是同時應用CAE模擬分析與實驗觀察兩種方式。結果顯示,透過觀察Moldex3D模擬分析之流場分布,在有/無流動-纖維耦合效應情況下,發現在有耦合效應下,流動波前會出現凸-平-凹的現象;但在無耦合效應下,流動波前會出現凸-平-平的現象;此等流動波前明顯變化為流動-纖維耦合效應之展示,其與文獻的結果一致。再者,透過微觀纖維排向進行深入探究,我們將模擬系統分成四組,分別為:(1) 基本組:沒有考慮耦合及黏彈性效應;(2) 耦合效應組:單純考慮耦合效應;(3) 黏彈性效應組:單純考慮黏彈性效應;(4) 耦合加黏彈性效應組:同時考慮耦合及黏彈性效應。期間,各組比較以組別(1)作為比較之基準組。結果顯示,耦合組在纖維排向預測上與實驗數據最為接近;耦合加黏彈性效應組差異最大;至於黏彈性效應組的部分模擬分析結果與實驗趨勢相近,但整體趨勢而言,仍以耦合效應組與實驗的結果吻合度最高,因此我們認定射出成品內之纖維排向變化,最主要仍以流場引導,再加上流動-纖維耦合效應所導致。另外,為了證明流動-纖維耦合效應,我們進一步從射出成品之區域幾何尺寸變化進行細部觀察與研究。在此部份,我們將射出成品Model I 及Model II個別分成(NGR、CR、EFR)三區,每一區再細分成五小區,同步利用模擬分析與實驗方式(利用電腦斷層掃描加上影像處理分析技術)完成纖維排向張量之驗證,再以驗證後之模擬分析纖維排向結果估算出五小區之平均纖維排向張量值及其整體變化量。再者,我們也針對射出成品Model I 及Model II個別分成(NGR、CR、EFR)三區進行幾何尺寸變化(稱之收縮率)量測,經過詳細比對幾何尺寸變化趨勢與射出成品內在之平均纖維排向張量變化行為相當一致。此等結果應該足以說明流動-纖維耦合效應的存在與其從內而外之影響。

並列摘要


In recent years, fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) materials have become one of the main lightweight technologies and have been widely used in industry, especially in the automotive and aerospace industries. However, the reason why fibers can reinforce plastics is because of their microstructural properties, and among these microstructural properties, the fiber orientation is the most important factor to influence the system. However, the fibers’ behavior inside the FRP matrix is very complicated, and it is usually not easy to be observed. In addition, during the injection molding process, there may be some interactions between the melt flow and the fibers. These interactions could be further affected by the viscoelastic effect of the materials. In addition, how these complex interactions will further affect the process and products is not yet fully understood. Therefore, in this study, we have tried to use a geometric system with three ASTM D638 standard tensile bars to conduct the influence of the interaction between the flow-fiber coupling effect and viscoelastic effect on FRP. Both CAE simulation analysis and experimental observation were utilized as the study methods. The results show that with considering the flow-fiber coupling effect, it is found that with the coupling effect the flow melt front exhibits the convex-flat-concave flow phenomenon; but without considering the coupling effect, it shows the convex-flat-flat type. This significant difference is one of the evidences caused by the flow-fiber coupling effect. This result is consistent with that observation by the literature[17]. Furthermore, in order to understand how the flow-fiber coupling effect influence the fiber orientation in injection molding, there are four different group systems have been considered, namely: (1) Basic group: without considering flow-fiber coupling and viscoelastic effects; (2) Coupling effect group: considering the flow-fiber coupling effect only; (3) Viscoelastic effect group: considering the viscoelastic effect only; (4) Coupling plus viscoelastic effects group: considering both flow-fiber coupling and viscoelastic effects at the same time. The simulation results of injection molding processes based on those four groups have been further investigated. The results show that the simulation results of the Coupling effect group are closest to the experimental observation in fiber orientation distribution. Although the results of the Viscoelastic effect group are also consistent with that of experimental observation, but they are not as good as that of the Coupling group. While the simulation results of the both flow-fiber coupling and viscoelastic effects group are not good enough. Based on these results, the flow-fiber coupling effect is significantly verified. Moreover, to realize how flow-fiber coupling effect can further influence the quality of the injected parts, the dimensions of the injected parts have been measured. Specifically, the Model I and Model II (ASTM D638 specimens), each one has been divided into three regions, named near gate region (NGR), center region (CR), and end of filling region (EFR). For each region, the three directional side dimensions have been measured using five smaples each time. Then the average dimension for each side of each region has been recorded. Moreover, the details of the average fiber orientation distribution have been discovered by divided each region into five sub-regions. The correlation between the average fiber orientation distribution with considering the flow-fiber coupling effect and the three directional dimension variations of each region can be constructed. For example, in the NGR of the Model I, from upstream to downstream, the A11 fiber orientation tension is getting larger, the A22 is smaller. From the side dimension measurement of Model I, the dimension in the flow direction becomes larger, and the dimension in the cross-flow direction becomes smaller. The results show that the fiber orientation variation is consistent with that of the dimensional change for Model I at NGR. Similarly, the relation can also be observed in other regions in Model I, and regions in Model II. Based on these results, the flow-fiber coupling effect can be further validated.

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