The effect of convective heat transfer instabilities on the diameter of polymer optical fiber

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Volumn 5, Issue , 2002, Pages 125-132

  Reeve, Hayden M ^a   Mescher, Ann M ^a   Emery, Ashley F ^a  

^a University of Washington Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber drawing; Instability; Natural convection; Polymer optical fiber

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; HEATING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NATURAL CONVECTION; OPTICAL FIBERS; POLYMERS;

CHAOTIC FLOWS; CONVECTION REGIME; CONVECTIVE FLOW; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; FIBER DIAMETER VARIATIONS; FIBER DIAMETERS; FIBER DRAWING; FIBER-DRAWING PROCESS; GASPHASE; HEATING CONDITIONS; IN-PHASE; INSTABILITY; INSTABILITY MECHANISMS; POLYMER FIBER; POLYMER OPTICAL FIBER; POLYMER OPTICAL FIBERS; STANDARD DEVIATION; SUBHARMONICS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; TIME-DEPENDENT;

FIBERS;

EID: 78249281018     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2002-33823     Document Type: Conference Paper

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