Numerical simulation of polymer foaming process in extrusion flow

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3749-3761

  Aloku, Gabriel O ^a   Yuan, Xue Feng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational modelling; Die swell; Foaming; Polymer processing; Rheology; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

BIRD-CARREAU MODEL; BUBBLE GROWTH; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; CONCENTRATION OF; COOPERATIVE EFFECTS; DIE-SWELL; FOAMING; FOAMING AGENT; FOAMING PROCESS; NON-LINEAR; NUMERICAL RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; POLYMER FOAMS; POLYMER PROCESSING; POLYMER VISCOELASTICITY; POLYMERIC FOAMS; SIMULATION RESULT; VISCOELASTIC MODELS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); DIES; ELASTICITY; EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; EXTRUSION; FLOW SIMULATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PLASTICITY; RHEOLOGY; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

POLYMERS;

EID: 77951100329     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2010.03.022     Document Type: Article

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