Analysis and sensitivity analysis for polymer injection and compression molding

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 167, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 325-344

  Smith, Douglas E ^a   Tortorelli, Daniel A ^a,b   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

COMPRESSION MOLDING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GALERKIN METHODS; INJECTION MOLDING; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

FILLING PATTERNS; NEWTON-RAPHSON ITERATION; POLYMER MELT PRESSURE FIELD;

PLASTICS MOLDING;

COMPRESSION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; INJECTION; LIQUID FLOW; POLYMER;

EID: 0032556588     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-7825(98)00131-5     Document Type: Article

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