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Nonisothermal finite‐element analysis of thermoforming of polyethylene terephthalate sheet: Incomplete effect of the forming stage
Author(s) -
Erchiqui F.,
Souli M.,
Yedder R. Ben
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
polymer engineering and science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.503
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1548-2634
pISSN - 0032-3888
DOI - 10.1002/pen.20947
Subject(s) - thermoforming , materials science , polyethylene terephthalate , finite element method , composite material , deformation (meteorology) , mechanics , flow (mathematics) , work (physics) , heat transfer , shell (structure) , stress (linguistics) , thermal conduction , thermodynamics , physics , linguistics , philosophy
In this work, we consider a nonisothermal finite‐element analysis approach using an explicit dynamic procedure for the forming of a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) sheet subjected to air‐flow loading. The dynamic pressure load is thus deduced from the van der Waals equation of state. The effect of the radiative‐conduction heat transfer during the reheating stage, the stress‐deformation behavior during the incomplete forming stage, and the solidification during the cooling stage are simulated. The viscohyperelastic behavior of the Christensen–Yang‐like model is considered. The Lagrangian formulation, together with the assumption of the membrane shell theory, is used. The viscohyperelastic model is validated with the equibiaxial stretching tests. Also, temperature validation is performed by comparing the computed, the theoretical, and the experimental temperature profiles obtained from measuring the inside and outside PET sheet surface. An example of thermoforming a PET part is presented. In this example, the influence of the air‐flow on the thickness and the stress distribution is presented. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 47:2129–2144, 2007. © 2007 Society of Plastics Engineers