Natti S. Rao, Günter Schumacher
Design Formulas for Plastics Engineers
Preface
6
Contents
8
1 Formulas of Rheology
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1.1 Ideal Solids
12
1.1.1 Hooke's Law
14
1.2 Newtonian Fluids
14
1.3 Formulas for Viscous Shear Flow of Polymer Melts
15
1.3.1 Apparent Shear Rate
16
1.3.2 Entrance Loss
16
1.3.3 True Shear Stress
17
1.3.4 Apparent Viscosity
18
1.3.5 True Shear Rate
18
1.3.6 True Viscosity
19
1.3.7 Empirical Formulas for Apparent Viscosity
19
1.4 Viscoelastic Behavior of Polymers
29
1.4.1 Shear
30
1.4.2 Uniaxial Tension
36
1.4.3 Maxwell Model
40
1.4.4 Practical Formulas for Die Swell and Extensional Flow
42
2 Thermodynamic Properties of Polymers
46
2.1 Specific Volume
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2.2 Specific Heat
47
2.3 Enthalpy
49
2.4 Thermal Conductivity
51
3 Formulas of Heat Transfer
54
3.1 Steady State Conduction
54
3.1.1 Plane Wall
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3.1.2 Cylinder
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3.1.3 Hollow Sphere
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3.1.4 Sphere
56
3.1.5 Heat Conduction in Composite Walls
57
3.1.6 Overall Heat Transfer through Composite Walls
60
3.2 Transient State Conduction
61
3.2.1 Temperature Distribution in One-Dimensional Solids
62
3.2.2 Thermal Contact Temperature
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3.3 Heat Conduction with Dissipation
70
3.4 Dimensionless Groups
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3.4.1 Physical Meaning of Dimensionless Groups
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3.5 Heat Transfer by Convection
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3.6 Heat Transfer by Radiation
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3.7 Dielectric Heating
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3.8 Fick's Law of Diffusion
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3.8.1 Permeability
80
3.8.2 Absorption and Desorption
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4 Designing Plastics Parts
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4.1 Strength of Polymers
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4.2 Part Failure
85
4.3 Time-Dependent Deformational Behavior
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4.3.1 Short-Term Stress-Strain Behavior
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4.3.2 Long-Term Stress-Strain Behavior
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5 Formulas for Designing Extrusion and Injection Molding Equipment
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5.1 Extrusion Dies
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5.1.1 Calculation of Pressure Drop
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5.2 Extrusion Screws
116
5.2.1 Solids Conveying
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5.2.2 Melt Conveying
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5.2.3 Melting of Solids
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5.2.4 Temperature Fluctuation of Melt
136
5.2.5 Scale-up of Screw Extruders
137
5.2.6 Mechanical Design of Extrusion Screws
142
5.3 Injection Molding
144
5.3.1 Pressure Drop in Runner
145
5.3.2 Mold Filling
148
5.3.3 Flowability of Injection Molding Resins
150
5.3.4 Cooling of Melt in Mold
153
5.3.5 Design of Cooling Channels
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5.3.6 Melting in Injection Molding Screws
161
5.3.7 Predicting Flow Length of Spiral Melt Flows
167
A Final Word
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Index
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Biography
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