METHOD FOR DESCRIBING THE STATISTICAL ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTION OF PARTICLES IN A SIMULATION OF A MOULD FILLING PROCESS.

摘要

A method and apparatus for describing the statistical orientation distribution of nonspherical particles in a simulation of a process wherein a mold cavity (5) is filled with a suspension that contains a large number of nonspherical particles. The method and apparatus may be applied to the analysis of an injection molding process for producing a fiber reinforced molded polymer component or of a metal casting process for producing a fiber reinforced metal product. The results of these analyses may be used to determine tension and warping aspects of the component, and to optimize the process conditions used in the production process.