An anisotropic rotary diffusion model for fiber orientation in short- and long-fiber thermoplastics

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 165-176

  Phelps, Jay H ^a   Tucker III, Charles L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber orientation; Injection molding; Long fiber thermoplastics; Rotary diffusion

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTS; INJECTION MOLDING; MOLDING; MOLDS; PLASTIC MOLDS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; TENSORS; THERMOPLASTICS;

DIFFUSION MODELS; DISCONTINUOUS FIBERS; EVOLUTION EQUATIONS; FIBER COMPOSITES; FIBER INTERACTIONS; FIBER ORIENTATION; FIBER SUSPENSIONS; LONG-FIBER THERMOPLASTICS; MODEL PARAMETERS; MOLD FILLINGS; MOLDED COMPOSITES; ORIENTATION STATES; ORIENTATION TENSORS; RATE OF DEFORMATIONS; ROTARY DIFFUSION; SIMPLE SHEAR FLOWS; STABLE STEADY STATES;

FIBERS;

EID: 58149242378     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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