Abstract

Thermoforming is characterized by large deformations of the polymeric material being processed. In order to optimize the process, computer simulation has been found a useful method. However, the simulation is complicated by the fact that an elastic material model cannot principally describe the thermoforming deformation precisely. In this respect non-linear and time dependent viscoelastic behavior of the polymeric material has to be taken into account.

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