Techniques for the simultaneous determination of temperature and velocity profiles in flowing polymer melts

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FED

Volumn 239, Issue , 1996, Pages 371-377

  Sombatsompop, N ^a,b   Wood, A K ^a   Yue, M Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Injection moulding; Shear heating; Temperature sensor; Thermocouple; Velocity and Temperature Profiles

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; POLYETHYLENES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOCOUPLES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

INJECTION MOULDING; SHEAR HEATING;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0030372193     PISSN: 08888116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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