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Posts in Category: 'Thermal'


Datapoint Newsletter: Spring 2023, Vol. 29.1

DatapointLabs Founders Retire; Company Continues Focus on Materials in Simulation

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Thermal Mechanical Foams Newsletters Validation


Datapoint Newsletter: Fall 2022, Vol. 28.2

DatapointLabs Invests in New Testing Capabilities, Expands Market Reach

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Thermal Mechanical Aerospace and Defense Biomedical Electonics/Electrical Composites Newsletters


Material Testing for SIGMASOFT

Material characterization considerations for SIGMASOFT simulations using thermoplastic and thermoset materials.

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Rheology Thermal Mechanical Plastics Rubbers Injection Molding SIGMASOFT


Datapoint Newsletter: Winter '22, Vol. 28.1

DatapointLabs Achieves Nadcap® Accreditation

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Thermal Mechanical Plastics Composites Quality


Datapoint Newsletter: Summer 2021, Vol. 27.2

DatapointLabs Poised for Growth after Move

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Density Rheology Thermal Mechanical Newsletters


Datapoint Newsletter: Summer '19, Vol. 25.3

New DatapointLabs Website; High Temperature Crash Properties

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Density Rheology Thermal Mechanical Plastics Automotive High Speed Testing Injection Molding Structural Analysis LS-DYNA ANSYS DIGIMAT Composites Newsletters Validation


Datapoint Newsletter: Fall '17, Volume 23.4

CAETestBench Validation, Universal TestPaks, Matereality Analyzer Enhancement

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Rheology Thermal Mechanical Moldflow LS-DYNA Abaqus ANSYS Moldex3D SIGMASOFT SOLIDWORKS NX Nastran PAM-CRASH RADIOSS Simpoe-Mold Newsletters Validation Matereality


Workshop: Testing, Modeling and Validation for Plastics & Rubber Simulation in ANSYS

Plastics exhibit non-linear viscoelastic behavior followed by a combination of deviatoric and volumetric plastic deformation until failure. Capturing these phenomena correctly in simulation presents a challenge because of limitations in commonly used material models. We follow an approach where we outline the general behavioral phenomena, then prescribe material models for handling different phases of plastics deformation. Edge cases will then be covered to complete the picture. Topics to be addressed include: Using elasto-plasticity; When to use hyperelasticity; Brittle polymers – filled plastics; Failure modes to consider; Criteria for survival; Choosing materials; Spatial non-isotropy from injection molding; Importance of residual stress; Visco-elastic and creep effects; Strain-rate effects for drop test and crash simulations; Fitting material data to FEA material models; The use of mid-stage validation as a tool to confirm the quality of simulation before use in real-life applications.

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Density Rheology Thermal Mechanical Plastics Rubbers Hyperelastic Visco-elastic Plasticity Rate Dependency Yielding/Failure analysis Injection Molding Structural Analysis ANSYS Presentations Validation


Mold Tempering: Conformal Cooling - yes or no?

The tempering layout for injection molds is often designed departing from previous experiences. The manufacturing feasibility is the main driver when deciding where to place cooling lines. However, often the relevance of the tempering in the process profitability or in the part quality is underestimated, and due to the lack of better information sometimes the resulting tempering performs far from the optimum. As a consequence, the molding efficiency is reduced, the part quality is compromised and, once the mold is already built, sometimes expensive trial-and-error is required to bring the mold to an optimum configuration.

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Rheology Thermal Plastics Automotive Biomedical Injection Molding SIGMASOFT Newsletters


Datapoint Newsletter: Fall '08, Volume 14.4

A Makeover for DatapointLabs.

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Rheology Thermal Mechanical Newsletters


Handbook of Plastics Analysis: Book Review

Assurance of quality in raw materials, control over production, and a basic understanding of criteria for performance all require a sure and complete knowledge of analytical methods for plastics. The present volume organizes the vast world of plastics analysis into a relatively compact form. A plastics engineer will find familiar territory in such subjects as rheometry, differential scanning calorimetry, and measurement of thermal properties. Polymer physicists and chemists will be at home with spectroscopic analyses, liquid chromatography, and nuclear magnetic resonance. All these topics and many more are covered in twelve chapters written by an impressive array of experts drawn from industry and academia.

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Rheology Thermal Plastics Structural Analysis Book Review