항복응력과 미끄럼현상을 고려한 분말사출성형 충전공정의 유한요소해석

Finite Element Analysis of Powder Injection Molding Filling Process Including Yield Stress and Slip Phenomena

본 연구에서는 분말혼합체의 특성인 항복응력을 포함한 Generalized Newtonian Fluid의 구성 방정식을 도입하고 미끄럼현상을 고려한 신소재의 사출성형 충전과정 해석용 CAE(computer aided engineering)시스템을 개발하였다. 수치모사를 위한 수치해석방법으로는, 유한요소법(finite element method)과 유한차분법(finite difference method)을 함께 사용하였다. 유한요소법과 검사체적법(control volume technique) 을 병용하여 유동의 진행을 수치모사 하였으며, 유한차분법을 사용하여 온도분포를 계산하였다.

Powder Injection Molding(PM) is an advanced and complicated technology for manufacturing ceramic or metal products making use of a conventional injection molding process, which is generally used for plastic products. Among many technologies involved in the successful PIM, injection molding process is one of the key steps to form a desired shape out of powder/binder mixtures. Thus, it is of great importance to have a numerical tool to predict the powder injection molding filling process. In this regard, a finite element analysis system has been developed for numerical simulations of filling process of powder injection molding. Powder/polymer mixtures during the filling pro cess of injection molding can be rheologically characterized as Non-Newtonian fluids with a so called yield phenomena and have a peculiar feature of apparent slip phenomena on the wall boundaries surrounding mold cavity. Therefore, in the present study, a physical modeling of the filling process of powder/polymer mixtures was developed to take into account both the yield stress and slip phenomena and a finite element formulation was developed accordingly. The numerical analysis scheme for filling simulation is accomplished by combining a finite element method with control volume technique to simulate the movement of flow front and a finite difference method to calculate the temperature distribution. The present study presents the modeling, numerical scheme and some numerical analysis results showing the effect of the yield stress and slip phenomena.