Axisymmetric finite element models for rotational molding

International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 515-542

  Olson, Lorraine G ^a   Gogos, George ^a   Pasham, Venkataramana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ONE DIMENSIONAL; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYETHYLENES; POWDERS; ROTATIONAL MOLDING;

ARBITRARY LAGRANGIAN EUCLERIAN; AXISYMMETRIC FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; PLASTIC POWDER;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0032593092     PISSN: 09615539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09615539910276836     Document Type: Article

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