Hello,
Please let me know the possibility to calculate below requirement using SW simulation premium.
This is a draft of a mold.
I needed to calculate the clamping force F when the rubber strip temperature reached to 150°C.
Bottom mold part fixed.
Room temperature = 30°C
Materials are selected in the attached 3D.
Thank you.
Manupriya.
This is definitely possible. Initial temperatures can be assigned, the components put into surface-surface contact, and resulting stresses and forces calculated. I did this simple example of die holder and insert a few years ago.
Since then I did a much more complicated die set with bolts and tie rods.
In this case the internal pressure and clamping force were applied. I alternatively could have set temperatures and made the clamping force a fixture, checking the fixture reaction force after the run.
https://www.stonelakeanalytics.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/die_cast-1sheet.pdf