Short fiber reinforced, injection molded materials have a heterogenous, anisotropic behaviour, which dominate the thermo-mechanical characteristics of a component produced with that material. To perform predictive simulations of these components, the analysis process, needs to cover the range from injection molding simulation, the development of a multi-scale material model and combining the results of the injection molding simulation with the multiscale material model on the full component simulation.
Simulation Cycle of Short Fiber Reinforced Injection Molded Components