Thermal analysis of layer formation in a stepless rapid prototyping process

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 255-268

  Hong, Wenbin ^a   Lee, Yong Tsui ^a   Gong, Haiqing ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Part distortion; Rapid prototyping; Thermal analysis; UV curing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMERS; RAPID PROTOTYPING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LIQUID POLYMERS;

INFRARED IMAGING;

EID: 0242405915     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2003.08.015     Document Type: Article

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