Abstract
Residual stress in the injection molded part is originated from thermal shrinkage and shear stress during injection molding process. There are many measurement methods of residual stress in the plastic part. Residual stress in opaque products can be measured by chemical cracking test. This method enables the solvent and specimen to react and to cause cracks. Cracks developed according to the level of residual stress. Thus the stresses in plastic part can be quantitatively measured by counting the number of cracks or measuring the size of cracks. Relationship between stress and number of cracks in a plastic specimen has been investigated in this study. Bergen jig was used to give a strain in the specimens those were molded using PC/PBT and PC/ABS. Solvent for the chemical cracking test was prepared using tetrahydrofuran and methyl alcol with the ratio of 1 to 3. Stresses in the specimen can be calculated by strains those were imposed by Bergen jig. Cracks were developed for stress higher than certain level. The number of cracks increased by second order function for stress.
| Translated title of the contribution | A Study on the Stress Measurement in a Plastic Product using Chemical Cracking Method |
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| Original language | Korean |
| Pages (from-to) | 336-350 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | 엘라스토머 및 콤포지트 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| State | Published - Dec 2012 |