Simulation of cable-coating viscoelastic flows with coupled and decoupled schemes

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 74, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 1-23

  Mutlu, I ^a,b   Townsend, P ^a   Webster, M F ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extrusion; Polymer melts; Simulation; Viscoelastic; Wire cooling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRUSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; POLYMERS; PRESSURE DROP; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS RELAXATION; VISCOELASTICITY;

CABLE COATING EXTRUSION; CONSTITUTIVE MODEL; POLYMER MELT; TAYLOR-GALERKIN PRESSURE CORRECTION SCHEME; TENSILE STRESS; VISCOELASTIC FLOW;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EXTRUSION; POLYMER; VISCOELASTIC FLUID;

EID: 0031798567     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0257(97)00069-4     Document Type: Article

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