Numerical investigation of the effect of screw geometry on the mixing of a viscous polymer melt

Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 775-784

  Wang, C ^a   Bussmann, M ^a   Park, C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer modeling; Extrusion; Mixing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MODELING; COOLING EXTRUDERS; EXTRUSION INDUSTRY; FLOW CHANNELS; GOOD MIXING; MATERIAL STRUCTURE; MIXING ELEMENTS; MIXING ENHANCEMENT; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; POLYMER EXTRUSION; POLYMER MELT FLOW; SCREW CHANNEL; SCREW GEOMETRY; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; VISCOUS POLYMERS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRUDERS; GEOMETRY; MIXING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POLYMER MELTS;

EXTRUSION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRUSION; HEAT TRANSFER; MELTING POINT; MIXING; POLYMER BLEND; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VISCOSITY;

EID: 77951216914     PISSN: 00218995     EISSN: 10974628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/app.31039     Document Type: Article

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