Study on air accumulation and influence on flow balance in micro-injection molding

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Cao, Wei ^a   Gan, Shufeng ^a   Ye, Shubing ^b   Li, Qian ^a   Shen, Changyu ^a  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YuceBio Technology Co   (China)

Author keywords

air accumulation; dimensionless; micro injection molding; slip boundary condition; surface tension

Indexed keywords

AIR; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MICROCAVITIES; SURFACE TENSION;

DIMENSIONLESS; GALERKIN PRINCIPLE; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; ITERATIVE APPROACH; MICRO-INJECTION MOLDING; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SLIP BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; VARIATIONAL EQUATIONS;

INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 79551478754     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: 15288935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4003337     Document Type: Article

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