Plastic injection mould cooling system design by the configuration space method

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 334-349

  Li, C G ^a   Li, C L ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Configuration space method; Cooling system design; Plastic injection mould

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; INJECTION MOLDING; PLASTIC MOLDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

C SPACE REPRESENTATION; CONFIGURATION SPACE METHOD; COOLING SYSTEM DESIGN; PLASTIC INJECTION MOULD;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 39849107915     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cad.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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