Developing an alternate backing system made of fly ash composite for nickel shell moulds
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Abstract
Some injection and compression moulds are made using thin nickel shells, which require proper backing to withstand the pressures imposed by the moulding process. The main disadvantage of conventional backing fillers is the difficulty of rebuilding the mould in the event that the thermal lines need to be repaired or reconfigured. This thesis proposes an alternative backing system made of a fly ash:cement:sand composite. The operational factors that constrain the design of nickel vapor deposited (NVD) shells are first quantified and summarized in the form of design guidelines. The stiffness and strength behavior of the nickel shell is then investigated using experimental beam-bending and axial compression/tension tests, based on which a constitutive model is introduced. Mechanical testing is considered for two conventional backing materials: epoxy and polymer-concrete composites. Triaxial compression tests were conducted on epoxy composite specimens and a material model is proposed. Uniaxial compression strength tests were carried out on polymer concrete (type HTS05) specimens, and a strength envelope is presented. Design parameters of NVD backing fillers are illustrated in the context of strength versus stiffness considerations. Mechanical properties of different fly ash mixes are investigated for strength and stiffness behaviour using experimental testing. Based on the test results, a proposed mix design is engineered to meet the following properties: ease of placement, rapid curing, appropriate mechanical and thermal performance, and easy removal for mould repair. A numerical finite element technique is used to successfully calibrate a material model for the proposed backing based on triaxial test results. The new backing was then used in a prototype trial. Both sides (' Top' and 'Bottom') of a new mould were backed with the fly ash composite, and instrumented for strain, temperature, and displacement. Production part quality and the performance of the mould were monitored during the production trials. Test results show that the new fly ash composite backing is both mechanically and thermally suitable for backing nickel shells, under the conditions of the moulding process used. Mould performance was compared to 3D finite element models, which assisted in the interpretation of the collected prototype performance data, and in gaining better insight into the performance of the NVD mould (nickel shell + fly ash backing + frame) as a whole. Both experimental and numerical results are consistent in presenting the behaviour of the nickel shell mould under the conditions of the production trial.
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Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
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| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.002 | 0.001 |
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