A coupled boundary/finite-element approach for the three-dimensional simulation of air venting in blow molding and thermoforming

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 151-174

  Khayat, Roger E ^a   Raducanu, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOW MOLDING; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POTENTIAL FLOW; THERMOFORMING; VENTS;

AIR VENTING; MOONEY-RIVLIN CONSTITUTIVE MODEL; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MOULDING MACHINE; POTENTIAL FLOW;

EID: 0032531202     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0207(19980915)43:1<151::AID-NME317>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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