TY - JOUR
AU - Rizvi, Md Jahir
AB - Design and manufacturing of composite tooling are crucial in producing costeffective composite components with high quality. Aimed at identifying theoptimal design of integrally heated tools in terms of their thermal performance,a number of design variables were investigated numerically in a previous study.Statistical analysis of the simulation results revealed that a parallel layoutof heating channels can significantly improve the heating performance, andchannel separation should be determined according to the production requirement.In the present work, an integrally water-heated tool is manufactured accordingto the optimal design after some geometry amendments. Thermal properties of theconstituent materials of the produced tool are also measured. A numerical modelof the tool geometry is simulated with actual material properties and boundaryconditions to calculate the response variables of temperature uniformity andheating rate. The numerical results are verified by experimental testing, usinga thermal camera and thermocouples. Good agreement between the simulation andthe experimental results confirmed the suitability of numerical simulation inpredicting the thermal performance of integrally heated tooling and the validityof the boundary conditions.
TI - Numerical simulation and experimental verification of heating                    performance of an integrally water-heated tool
JF - Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites
DO - 10.1177/0731684415626804
DA - 2016-04-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/numerical-simulation-and-experimental-verification-of-heating-7FaNFwYSJs
SP - 655
EP - 671
VL - 35
IS - 8
DP - DeepDyve
ER -