Parametric Study of the Crystallization Kinetics of a Semi-Crystalline Polymer during Cooling

Mhamed Boutaous (1) , Nadia Brahmia (1) , Patrick Bourgin (2)

1 CETHIL - Centre de Thermique de Lyon
2 ECL - École Centrale de Lyon

During the cooling stage in several types polymer processing, the behavior of the polymer is very difficult to model and to simulate numerically, because of the complicated coupling between the crystallization process, the heat transfer and the material properties change. The aim of this Note is the numerical simulation of the coupling phenomena between the crystallization rate and the thermal kinetics in a semi-crystalline polymer during cooling without flow, by using Finite Elements Method.

Mots clés: Heat transfer; Polymers; Crystallization kinetics; Thermophysical properties

Domaines: Thermique [physics.class-ph]; Thermique [physics.class-ph]; Matériaux

Mhamed Boutaous, Nadia Brahmia, Patrick Bourgin. Parametric Study of the Crystallization Kinetics of a Semi-Crystalline Polymer during Cooling. Comptes Rendus Mécanique, 2010, 338 (2), pp.78-84. ⟨10.1016/j.crme.2009.12.009⟩. ⟨hal-00952661⟩