Comparison and analysis of bubble growth and foam formation models

Engineering Computations (Swansea, Wales)

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 387-408

  Elshereef, R ^a   Vlachopoulos, J ^b   Elkamel, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservation; Foams; Modelling; Thermoplasticity; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

BEST MODEL; BUBBLE GROWTH; BUBBLE SIZE; CELL MODEL; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE SCHEME; FOAM FORMATION; FOAMING PROCESS; MODELLING; NUMERICAL IMPLEMENTATION; PREDICTION ACCURACY; PROCESS INDUSTRIES; SIMPLE MODEL; SINGLE BUBBLES; THERMOPLASTICITY;

BLOWING AGENTS; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; FOAMED PLASTICS; GAS SUPPLY; PLASTICS INDUSTRY; VISCOSITY;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

EID: 77951186460     PISSN: 02644401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02644401011029943     Document Type: Article

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