Numerical simulation of a specialty optical fibre drawing process

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Pressure Vessels and Piping Division (Publication) PVP

Volumn 448, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 267-275

  Lyytikäinen, Katja ^a   Råback, Peter ^a   Ruokolainen, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE RESISTANCE FURNACE STRUCTURE;

DRAWING (FORMING); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FURNACES; MASS TRANSFER; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; SILICA; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 0036383675     PISSN: 0277027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/PVP2002-1598     Document Type: Conference Paper

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