Modelling and simulation of continuous metal foaming process

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 823-837

  Belkessam, Omar ^a   Fritsching, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; BLOWING AGENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NOZZLES; REACTION KINETICS;

GAS PROPELLANTS; METAL FOAMING PROCESS;

FOAMS;

EID: 0242526907     PISSN: 09650393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/11/6/001     Document Type: Article

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