Vacuum forming of thermoplastic foam

Remko Akkerman; Ruud Pronk

doi:10.1002/pen.11598

Vacuum forming of thermoplastic foam

Remko Akkerman, Ruud Pronk

Faculty of Engineering Technology

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Abstract

The process of thermoforming of foam sheet is analyzed using both finite element modeling and experiments. A simple constitutive model for finite tensile deformations of closed cellular material around its glass transition temperature is proposed, starting from well-known results from Gibson and Ashby (1988). The model is implemented in a finite element code and applied in isothermal vacuum forming simulations. The distributions of thickness and in plane strains are in adequate accordance to the experimental results.

Original language	Undefined
Pages (from-to)	2064-2074
Journal	Polymer engineering and science
Volume	39
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/pen.11598
Publication status	Published - 1999

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METIS-144583
IR-71509

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