How do I create a multi phase melting simulation of Thermoplastics using Ansys?

- June 3, 2020 at 5:15 pm
  
  Drewtony06
  Subscriber
  
  I want to melt a solid structure of a thermoplastic and make it to fill up a container. A time and temperature dependent multi phase analysis of a viscoelastic material. Which model and solver should I use?
- June 3, 2020 at 10:50 pm
  
  Karthik R
  Administrator
  
  Hello,
  
  If you are looking to simply melt the plastic and see how it fills up the container, I'd suggest that you use Ansys Fluent for this analysis. You could use the Solidification/Melting model. You will need a solid-liquid melt temperature. In addition, you will also need the latent heat for melting.
  
  Anything else really depends on what additional physics you are looking to model.
  
  I hope this helps.
  
  Thanks.
  
  Karthik
- June 4, 2020 at 4:26 am
  
  Drewtony06
  Subscriber
  
  Thanks for the reply. I'll look into it.
  
  It is possible to visualize the phase changing animation of the melting using temperature contour plot. But is it possible to visualize the phase transitional flow of material from the solid state to liquid state where the entire solid is removed?
- June 8, 2020 at 1:17 pm
  
  Karthik R
  Administrator
  
  No, Fluent will simply be simulating the melting process from a pure Fluid Dynamics perspective. If you are looking to understand the phase transitional flow, you will need to use a different tool. Let me check internally which tool is more apt for this and get back to you.
  
  Thanks.
  
  Karthik
- June 10, 2020 at 5:15 am
  
  Drewtony06
  Subscriber
  
  Alright. Thanks for looking into it.

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