Fiber Orientation Analysis of Overflow Water-Assisted Injection Molding with Short Glass Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene

Table 1

Characteristics of polypropylene-based short fiber composites.

Characteristic parameter	Fiber mass content
	10%	20%	30%
Melt flow rate, (230 °C/2.16 kg)	7.0 g/10 min	6.0 g/10 min	5.0 g/10 min
Density, (23 °C)	0.96 g/cm^3	1.03 g/cm^3	1.12 g/cm^3
Flexural modulus	2000 MPa	3300 MPa	4700 MPa
Tensile stress at yield	38.0 MPa	50.0 MPa	61.0 MPa
Notched Izod impact strength, (23 °C)	11 kJ/m^2	14 kJ/m^2	18 kJ/m^2
Thermal conductivity
Specific heat capacity
White-Metzner; constitutive equation; parameters	, , , , , , ,	, , , , , , ,	, , , , , , ,
Fiber orientation model iARD-PRP parameters	,,