TY - JOUR
T1 - Optimal cooling system design for multi-cavity injection molding
AU - Tang, Li Q.
AU - Chassapis, Constantin
AU - Manoochehri, Souran
PY - 1997/6/16
Y1 - 1997/6/16
N2 - The objective of this paper is to present a methodology for optimal design of cooling systems for multi-cavity injection mold tooling. After the part layout and the injection mold are designed, the methodology optimizes cooling system layout in terms of cooling channel size, locations, and coolant flow rate. The mold cooling design is modeled as a non-linear constrained optimization problem. The objective function for the constrained optimization problem is stated as minimization of both a function related to part average temperature and temperature gradients throughout all the cavities. The constrained optimal design problem is solved using Powell's conjugate direction with the penalty function method. The objective function is evaluated using finite element analysis solving the transient heat conduction problem. A matrix-free Jacobi conjugate gradient algorithm of Galerkin finite element method is utilized to simulate transient heat conduction.
AB - The objective of this paper is to present a methodology for optimal design of cooling systems for multi-cavity injection mold tooling. After the part layout and the injection mold are designed, the methodology optimizes cooling system layout in terms of cooling channel size, locations, and coolant flow rate. The mold cooling design is modeled as a non-linear constrained optimization problem. The objective function for the constrained optimization problem is stated as minimization of both a function related to part average temperature and temperature gradients throughout all the cavities. The constrained optimal design problem is solved using Powell's conjugate direction with the penalty function method. The objective function is evaluated using finite element analysis solving the transient heat conduction problem. A matrix-free Jacobi conjugate gradient algorithm of Galerkin finite element method is utilized to simulate transient heat conduction.
KW - Cooling system design
KW - Finite element analysis
KW - Injection mold tooling
KW - Multi-cavity
KW - Optimization
KW - Unstructured mesh grid
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U2 - 10.1016/S0168-874X(96)00083-2
DO - 10.1016/S0168-874X(96)00083-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0031162510
SN - 0168-874X
VL - 26
SP - 229
EP - 251
JO - Finite Elements in Analysis and Design
JF - Finite Elements in Analysis and Design
IS - 3
ER -