Industrial thermoforming simulation of automotive fuel tanks

Applied Thermal Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 2391-2409

  Aus Der Wiesche, Stefan ^a  

^a Kautex Textron GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystallinity; Numerical analysis; Radiative heat transfer; Thermoforming

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT RADIATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTICS; RHEOLOGY; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOFORMING;

CRYSTALLINITY; PLASTIC FUEL TANKS; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; STRESS TENSORS;

AUTOMOBILE FUEL TANKS;

EID: 4043153437     PISSN: 13594311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2004.03.003     Document Type: Article

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