Evaluation and modeling of injection-molded rigid polypropylene integral foam

Journal of Cellular Plastics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-59

  Müller, Norbert ^a   Ehrenstein, Gottfried W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Foam molding; Foaming agent; Lightweight design; Modeling; Structural foam; Thermoplastic foam

Indexed keywords

BLOWING AGENTS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FOAMED PLASTICS; INJECTION MOLDING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; STIFFNESS; THERMOPLASTICS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

CHEMICAL FOAMING AGENT; COMPACT SKIN LAYERS; FOAMED CORE FRACTION; POLYMER MELT; POLYPROPYLENE INTEGRAL FOAM;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 0742304017     PISSN: 0021955X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021955X04040280     Document Type: Article

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