Die design improvements through numerical simulation for the extrusion of EPDM compounds

KGK-Kautschuk und Gummi Kunststoffe

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 602-608

  Rubin, Y ^a   Marchal, Th ^a   Rothemeyer F ^b  

^a Applic for Polyflow Software Devmt   (Belgium)

^b Contl AG and ContiTech Holding GmbH ^*

Author keywords

3D rubber extrusion; Computer Aided Engineering; Die design; Finite Element simulation; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EXTRUSION DIES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW PATTERNS; MONOMERS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ETHYLENE PROPYLENE DIENE MONOMER;

RUBBER FORMING DIES;

EID: 0032156618     PISSN: 09483276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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