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Research on Temperature Field Distribution in a Frame Mold during Autoclave Process
The success of an autoclave process is related to the temperature characteristics of the mold. An inhomogeneous temperature field in the mold affects the quality of composite parts, which may lead to residual stress, voids, and other manufacturing defects of composite parts. In order to meet high-qu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7558423/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32927893 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma13184020 |
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author | Han, Ning An, Luling Fan, Longxin Hua, Leilei Gao, Guoqiang |
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description | The success of an autoclave process is related to the temperature characteristics of the mold. An inhomogeneous temperature field in the mold affects the quality of composite parts, which may lead to residual stress, voids, and other manufacturing defects of composite parts. In order to meet high-quality production demands, the temperature field in a mold should be investigated precisely. The temperature distribution in a large frame mold is critically evaluated in this work. Then, a method to control the temperature distribution in a large frame mold is proposed. A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of the autoclave process is developed to predict the temperature evolution of the large frame mold. The model is validated by experimental results, which shows good agreement with a relative difference of 5.92%. The validated CFD model is then applied to analyze the temperature distribution characters in the mold with different control conditions. The results show that the temperature difference decreases by 13.3% when the mold placement angle is changed from 180 to 168°. |
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spelling | pubmed-75584232020-10-22 Research on Temperature Field Distribution in a Frame Mold during Autoclave Process Han, Ning An, Luling Fan, Longxin Hua, Leilei Gao, Guoqiang Materials (Basel) Article The success of an autoclave process is related to the temperature characteristics of the mold. An inhomogeneous temperature field in the mold affects the quality of composite parts, which may lead to residual stress, voids, and other manufacturing defects of composite parts. In order to meet high-quality production demands, the temperature field in a mold should be investigated precisely. The temperature distribution in a large frame mold is critically evaluated in this work. Then, a method to control the temperature distribution in a large frame mold is proposed. A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of the autoclave process is developed to predict the temperature evolution of the large frame mold. The model is validated by experimental results, which shows good agreement with a relative difference of 5.92%. The validated CFD model is then applied to analyze the temperature distribution characters in the mold with different control conditions. The results show that the temperature difference decreases by 13.3% when the mold placement angle is changed from 180 to 168°. MDPI 2020-09-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7558423/ /pubmed/32927893 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma13184020 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Han, Ning An, Luling Fan, Longxin Hua, Leilei Gao, Guoqiang Research on Temperature Field Distribution in a Frame Mold during Autoclave Process |
title | Research on Temperature Field Distribution in a Frame Mold during Autoclave Process |
title_full | Research on Temperature Field Distribution in a Frame Mold during Autoclave Process |
title_fullStr | Research on Temperature Field Distribution in a Frame Mold during Autoclave Process |
title_full_unstemmed | Research on Temperature Field Distribution in a Frame Mold during Autoclave Process |
title_short | Research on Temperature Field Distribution in a Frame Mold during Autoclave Process |
title_sort | research on temperature field distribution in a frame mold during autoclave process |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7558423/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32927893 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma13184020 |
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