TY - JOUR AU - Parrott, R. G. AB - This paper illustrates a numerical simulation of polymer flow as applied to the injection molding fill process. The simulation model considers heat conduction and viscous heat generation along with the temperature dependence of the flow parameters to predict fill lengths and fill times of thin constant crossection cavities. This simulation is designed for molding situations where fill is difficult, such as thin cavity sections, long flow length requirements, or difficult‐to‐process materials. The simulation sensitivity is explored by performing experimental molding trials with two different cavity thicknesses. The thinner cavity illustrated a short shot in all cases with the thick cavity completely filling. The simulation accurately distinguishes between the short shot and fill conditions, although significant error is noted for the length prediction of the short shot and the time‐to‐fill of the full shot condition. TI - Numerical simulation of injection mold filling JF - Polymer Engineering & Science DO - 10.1002/pen.760100404 DA - 1970-07-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/numerical-simulation-of-injection-mold-filling-00zE1t9s0A SP - 209 EP - 214 VL - 10 IS - 4 DP - DeepDyve ER -