SHRINKAGE ANISOTROPY IN FIBER-REINFORCED INJECTION-MOLDED PRODUCTS

Authors
JANSEN KMB VANDIJK DJ FRERIKSEN MJA
Citation
Kmb. Jansen et al., SHRINKAGE ANISOTROPY IN FIBER-REINFORCED INJECTION-MOLDED PRODUCTS, Polymer composites, 19(4), 1998, pp. 325-334
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Polymer Sciences","Materials Sciences, Composites
Journal title
Polymer composites → ACNP
ISSN journal
02728397
Volume
19
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
325 - 334
Database
ISI
SICI code
0272-8397(1998)19:4<325:SAIFIP>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
This paper includes a systematic study of the effect of fiber concentr ation and molding conditions on fiber orientation and shrinkage in inj ection molded composites. Closed-form expressions were derived to rela te shrinkage and internal stresses to the molding pressure and fiber o rientation. The shrinkage predictions were seen to agree well with exp erimentally measured shrinkages.