An explicit scheme for tracking the filling front during polymer mold filling

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 24, Issue 8-9, 2000, Pages 575-590

  Luoma, J A ^a   Voller, V R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Explicit; Free surface; Implicit; Molding; Polymer

Indexed keywords

ENTHALPY; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PLASTIC MOLDS;

POLYMER MOLDING FILLING; VOLUME OF FLUID (VOF) EQUATION;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

FILL; MOULD; POLYMER;

EID: 0034124537     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0307-904X(00)00004-4     Document Type: Article

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