Calculation on the Residual Stresses of Injection-Molded Conductive-Carbon-Fiber-Filled Polymer Composites

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For conductive-carbon-fiber-filled polymer composites, the residual stresses developed during injection molding process may affect not only the molding’s conductive property, but its dimensional stability as well. In order to improve the conductivity of the molding fabricated with this kind of composites, we investigated, using layer removal method, the distribution of the residual stresses of injection-molded conductive-carbon-fiber-filled polypropylene in this paper. The residual stresses were obtained under the actions of different processing conditions. Our results indicate that processing pressures have more significant effects on the residual stresses at the skin areas than the core areas of the sample because of fiber orientation. The tensile stresses of the molding at the core areas drop under the action of packing pressure, but the compressive stresses at the skin areas increase. The results reveal that the action of packing pressure may decrease the anisotropy of the residual stresses in the molding.

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