Development of an interactive simulation system for the determination of the pressure-time relationship during the filling in a low pressure casting process

Science and Technology of Advanced Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 131-145

  Kuo, Jer Haur ^a   Hsu, Feng Lin ^a   Hwang, Weng Sing ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Low pressure casting; Mold filling analysis; Pressure time relation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347769700     PISSN: 14686996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1468-6996(01)00039-0     Document Type: Article

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