Optimal design for polymer extrusion. Part I: Sensitivity analysis for nonlinear steady-state systems

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 167, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 283-302

  Smith, Douglas E ^a,b   Tortorelli, Daniel A ^a   Tucker III, Charles L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b FORD RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMERS; PRESSURE DROP; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VELOCITY;

POLYMER EXTRUSION; STEADY-STATE NONLINEAR SYSTEMS;

EXTRUSION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DESIGN; EXTRUSION; LIQUID FLOW; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMER;

EID: 0032556585     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(98)00129-7     Document Type: Article

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