Getting to grips with packaging: Using ethnography and computer simulation to understand hand-pack interaction

Packaging Technology and Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 217-229

  Yoxall, A ^a   Luxmoore, J ^a   Austin, M ^a   Canty, L ^a   Margrave, K J ^a   Richardson, C J ^a   Wearn, J ^a   Howard, I C ^a   Lewis, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Openability; Packaging

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS;

COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; ETHNOGRAPHY; HAND-PACK INTERACTION; OPENABILITY;

PACKAGING;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PACKAGING; SIMULATION;

EID: 34250805013     PISSN: 08943214     EISSN: 10991522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pts.755     Document Type: Article

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