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Catalog : PLAS.5880 Injection Molding (Last Term 2008 Spring)(Formerly 26.588)

PLAS.5880 — Graduate

Id: 030845 Offering: 1 Credits: 3-3

Description

Process thermodynamics, energy balances, power requirements. Heat transfer, cooling equations for amorphous and crystalline materials. Equations of state, pvT applications, shrinkage and ejection forces. Isothermal cavity filling, non-isothermal effects. Coupled runner/gate/cavity flow, flow balancing. Shear heating, frozen layer development. Residual stress. Injection/compression flow. Reciprocation effects in screw plastication. Review of specialized injection molding processes. An individual research project, term paper and presentation are required.

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PLAS.5880 — Online and Continuing Education

Id: 030845 Offering: 2 Credits: 3-3

Description

Process thermodynamics, energy balances, power requirements. Heat transfer, cooling equations for amorphous and crystalline materials. Equations of state, pvT applications, shrinkage and ejection forces. Isothermal cavity filling, non-isothermal effects. Coupled runner/gate/cavity flow, flow balancing. Shear heating, frozen layer development. Residual stress. Injection/compression flow. Reciprocation effects in screw plastication. Review of specialized injection molding processes. An individual research project, term paper and presentation are required.

Prerequisites

Students with a CSCE or UGRD career need permission to take Graduate Level Courses.

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