Determination of Drop-Impact Resistance of Plastic Bottles using Computer Aided Engineering

Authors

  • Chakrit Suvanjumrat Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand.
  • Tumrong Puttapitukporn Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.

Keywords:

drop test, impact resistance, failure height, finite element, plastic bottle

Abstract

ASTM D2463 discusses the standard test method for drop impact resistance of blow-molded thermoplastic containers using procedures to determine the mean failure height and the standard deviation of the distribution. Unfortunately, costly prototypes have to be created before the drop impact test can be conducted. The MSC Dytran program was used with finite element simulation of the drop impact test of plastic bottles to determine the failure height for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and high density polyethylene (HDPE) bottles. The finite element results were verified using experimental results obtained using the test method prescribed in ASTM D2463. It was found that the finite element simulation obtained accurate results. The failure heights for the PET and HDPE bottles were 4.53 ± 0.41 m and 4.65 ± 0.81 m, respectively. The errors in the failure height obtained from the FE simulation were less than 9.27% for the PET bottle and 5.59% for the HDPE bottle. 

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Published

2011-10-30

How to Cite

Chakrit Suvanjumrat, and Tumrong Puttapitukporn. 2011. “Determination of Drop-Impact Resistance of Plastic Bottles Using Computer Aided Engineering”. Agriculture and Natural Resources 45 (5). Bangkok, Thailand:932-42. https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/anres/article/view/245384.

Issue

Vol. 45 No. 5 (2011): September-October

Section

Research Article

License

online 2452-316X print 2468-1458/Copyright © 2022. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/),
production and hosting by Kasetsart University of Research and Development Institute on behalf of Kasetsart University.