A systematic approach to preliminary polymer process development: modeling and design |
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Authors: | Li Chen Kuang Ku Karthik Ramani S S Rao |
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Affiliation: | School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | A general and complete methodology is presented to facilitate systematic modeling and design of polymer processes during the early development period. To capture and handle the subjective type of uncertainty, embedded in the preliminary process development, fuzzy theories are used as a basis to model and design the process in the presence of ambiguity and vagueness. Physical membership functions are developed for mapping the relation between process variables and the associated fuzzy uncertainties. Based on the qualitative results generated using our previously proposed “linguistic based preliminary design method,” the process modeling can be followed even in the absence of any process governing equations. The modeling is carried out by establishing an appropriate fuzzy reasoning system which provides a specific functional mapping that relates input process variables to one (or more than one) output performance parameter(s). A reduced yet feasible domain is generated by our qualitative design scheme to constrain the process variables. Now, any optimization routine can then be employed to search for a proper process design. We demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed methodology by its application to a typical compression molding process. |
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Keywords: | Author Keywords: modeling and design polymer process fuzzy uncertainty preliminary engineering |
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