西南交通大学学报(英文版)
西南交通大學學報(英文版)
서남교통대학학보(영문판)
JOURNAL OF SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
2002年
2期
152-160
,共9页
柳葆生%Barriere Th%Gelin J.C
柳葆生%Barriere Th%Gelin J.C
류보생%Barriere Th%Gelin J.C
metal injection moulding%simulation%explicit algorithm%bi-phasic flow
Metal injection moulding (MIM) is a new technology to manufacture small intricate parts in large quantity. Numerical simulation plays an important role in its development. To predict the specific segregation effect in MIM injection, mixture theory is adopted to model the injection flow by a bi-phasic model. This model conducts to the solution of two-coupled Stokes equations. It is an extremely computational consuming solution in the scope of the traditional algorithms, which induce a serious challenge to cost-effectivity of the MIM simulation. Referred to some methods proposed by Lewis in mono-phasic simulation and the implicit algorithms in MIM simulation, a new explicit algorithm is proposed and realized to perform efficiently this type of bi-phasic flow. Numerically this algorithm is devised to perform the simulation in a fully uncoupled manner except for a global solution of the pressure field in each time step. The physical coupling is taken into account in a sequential pattern by fractional steps. This special algorithm does not need any iteration, so it is straightforward and robust, suitable for MIM simulation and other sorts of simulations for multi-phasic flow.