Computing flow-induced stresses of injection molding based on the Phan-Thien-Tanner model

Archive of Applied Mechanics

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 363-377

  Cao, Wei ^a   Shen, Changyu ^a   Zhang, Chunjie ^a   Wang, Lixia ^a  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Flow induced stresses; Injection molding; PTT model; Undetermined coefficient method; Viscoelastic flow

Indexed keywords

INJECTION MOLDING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; VISCOELASTICITY;

FLOW-INDUCED STRESSES; PTT MODELS; UNDETERMINED COEFFICIENT METHOD; VISCOELASTIC FLOW;

STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 43649091112     PISSN: 09391533     EISSN: 14320681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00419-007-0167-4     Document Type: Article

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