A numerical and experimental approach to optimise sheet stamping technologies: Polymers thermoforming

Materials and Design

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-39

  Sala, Giuseppe ^a   Cassago, Denis ^a   Di Landro, Luca ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Forming; Simulation; Thermoplastic polymers

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLASS TRANSITION; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOELASTICITY;

POLYMERS THERMOFORMING;

THERMOFORMING;

EXPERIMENTAL METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMER; STAMPING; THERMOFORMING;

EID: 0036467785     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-3069(01)00037-1     Document Type: Article

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