Carmen Alfaro-Isac

Mrs. Carmen Alfaro-Isac

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Academic Career Length

6Years (2021-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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26 May 2021 in Polymers
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MGMaría García-Camprubí
María García-Camprubí
CACarmen Alfaro-Isac
Carmen Alfaro-Isac
BHBelén Hernández
Belén Hernández
JVJosé Ramón Valdés
José Ramón Valdés
SISalvador Izquierdo
Salvador Izquierdo
Micro-surface texturing of elastomeric seals is a validated method to improve the friction and wear characteristics of the seals. In this study, the injection process of high-viscosity elastomeric materials in moulds with wall microprotusions is evaluated. To this end, a novel CFD methodology is developed and implemented in OpenFOAM to address rubber flow behaviour at both microscale and macroscale. The first approach allows analyzing the flow perturbation induced by a particular surface texture and generate results to calculate an equivalent wall shear stress that is introduced into the macroscale case through reduced order modelling. The methodology is applied to simulate rubber injection in textured moulds in an academic case (straight pipe) and a real case (D-ring seal mould). In both cases, it is shown that textured walls do not increase the injection pressure and therefore the manufacturing process is not adversely affected.