When an insert (metal, glass, plastic...) is overmolded by a plastic, the thermal strain (= shrinkage) of the plastic when the assembly is cooled down is constrained somehow by the insert leading to (mainly) tensile residual stresses in the plastic. When external loads are applied on the structure, the contribution of these residual stresses might affect seriously the lifetime of the product. When designing the part, the prediction of the final stress state is therefore crucial to guarantee the integrity of the structure on the long-term.
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