Finite Element Methods for Analyzing Thermal Deformation of Large Plastic Components 2001-01-3084
In order to reduce the total vehicle development lead-time, one of the above authors has developed an analytical technology to quantitatively predict the thermal deformation of plastic components by taking into account the creep behavior. However, this technology still needs to be improved to be generally applicable.
Plastic characteristics were studied. It was discovered that the estimation error in FEM analysis of thermal deformation should be attributed to (1) creep dependence on stress state; (2) thermal shrinkage, which takes place when plastic component is exposed to elevated temperature.
Then, computation methods are developed to take into account the two factors in FEM analysis. Verification and application examples of the developed methods are reported.
Citation: Takahara, T., Mikami, M., Chen, J., and Sugimoto, Y., "Finite Element Methods for Analyzing Thermal Deformation of Large Plastic Components," SAE Technical Paper 2001-01-3084, 2001, https://doi.org/10.4271/2001-01-3084. Download Citation
Author(s):
Tadayoshi Takahara, Masahiro Mikami, Jun Chen, Yoshio Sugimoto
Affiliated:
General Assembly & Components Engineering Div. Toyota Motor Co., Material Engineering Div.2, Toyota Motor Co., R & D Division, BPA Inc., Interior System Development Div. Kanto Auto Works, LTD.
Pages: 9
Event:
International Body Engineering Conference & Exhibition and Automotive & Transportation Technology Congress
SAE 2002 World Congress & Exhibition
International Body Engineering Conference & Exposition
