Gas displacing viscous shear thinning liquids from tubes: Effects of cooling before gas injection

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 60, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 4953-4956

  Belblidia, F ^a   Pittman, J F T ^a   Polynkin, A ^a   Sienz, J ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gas assisted moulding; Heat transfer; Non Newtonian fluids; Numerical analysis; Polymer processing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; CORRELATION METHODS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INJECTION MOLDING; LIQUIDS; SHEAR STRESS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; GAS DELAYS; POWER LAW INDEX;

VISCOUS FLOW;

HEAT TRANSFER; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID;

EID: 20344407831     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2005.03.059     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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3. Polynkin, A., Pittman, J.F.T, Sienz, J., 2005. 3-D Simulation of Gas Assisted Injection Molding: Analysis of Primary and Secondary Gas Penetration and Comparison with Experimental Results. International Polymer Processing 20 (2), to appear.