A study of the 3D polymer foam formation based on the simulation of anisothermal bubble expansion;Étude 3D de la formation d'une structure de mousse polymère par simulation de l'expansion anisotherme de bulles de gaz

Mecanique et Industries

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 331-338

  Bruchon, Julien ^a   Coupez, Thierry ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Bubble growth; Cellular structure; Discontinuous Galerkin method; Domain expansion; Foam process modelling; Liquide gas coupling; Thermomechanical coupling

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE EXPANSION;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOAMS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; RHEOLOGY; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMODYNAMICS; VISCOUS FLOW;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0042493212     PISSN: 12962139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1296-2139(03)00077-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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