Three-dimensional simulation of thermoforming process and its comparison with experiments

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2232-2240

  Nam, Gi Joon ^a   Ahn, Kyung Hyun ^b   Lee, Jae Wook ^a  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

^b Cheil Industries Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SHEET METAL; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TENSILE TESTING; THICKNESS CONTROL;

HYPERELASTIC MODELS; PLUG FORMING; SOLID ELEMENT ANALYSIS; VACUUM FORMING;

THERMOFORMING;

EID: 0034294035     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.11355     Document Type: Article

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