ANSYS CFX to model flow of a loaded epoxy resin

• Jul 14, 2009

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GBor

Mechanical

Feb 1, 2005

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I'm not familiar with CFX, so I really can't answer your question, but since you haven't received any other responses...

Is it something that could be temperature dependent? For instance, is your resin cure endo- or exo-thermic? Can you map the temperature change as a function of time and then perhaps relate your resin properties to a function of temperature rather than time?

If so, I would think CFX could do it. AMPS (

http://www.ampstech.com)

could probably do it. I'm sure there are other softwares out there that would be able to do something similar.

 

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• Aug 5, 2009

• #3

gpbacker

Chemical

Aug 5, 2009

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WRAFTS (

http://www.wrafts.com)

can model this kind of problem very easily. It is primarily used for foundry mold filling,
but I have used it for plastic injection molding (with or without fillers) and general purpose CFD.

 

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• Aug 5, 2009

• #4

gpbacker

Chemical

Aug 5, 2009

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It is much less expensive than Fluent or CFX.

 

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• Aug 6, 2009

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GeorgeEllwood

Mechanical

Aug 22, 2006

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GB

Thanks gpbacker I'll look into it. The advantage of using CFX is that my company already has several licences and expertise in using it, just not for this application.
Cheers
George

 

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