Hydrodynamics of the mixing head in RIM: LDA flow-field characterization

AIChE Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1608-1619

  Teixeira, André M ^a   Santos, Ricardo J ^b   Costa, Mário Rui P F N ^b   Lopes, José Carlos B ^b  

^a Sun Chemical Corporation   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fluid mechanics; Impinging jets; Mixing; Reactor analysis; RIM

Indexed keywords

ANEMOMETERS; INJECTION MOLDING; MIXING; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STRESS ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE;

LASER DOPPLER MOLDING (LDA); REACTION INJECTION MOLDING (RIM); REYNOLDS STRESSES; TURBULENCE INTENSITY;

HYDRODYNAMICS;

FLUID MECHANICS; JET IMPINGEMENT; MIXING;

EID: 21144440857     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10454     Document Type: Article

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