Efficient simulation of time-dependent flows: Application to a twin screw extruder

AIChE Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1933-1946

  Raut, Janhavi S ^a   Naik, Vijay M ^a   Jongen, Thibauld R ^b  

^a Hindustan Lever Limited   (India)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPONENTS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD;

TIME DEPENDENT FLOWS;

EXTRUDERS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EXTRUDER SCREW; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MOVING PART DEVICE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FLOW KINETICS; FLUID FLOW; GEOMETRY; MASS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOTION; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VELOCITY;

EID: 0042662545     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690490803     Document Type: Article

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