On the performance of a viscoelastic constitutive model for micro injection moulding simulations

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 417-426

  Gava, A ^a   Lucchetta, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Micro injection moulding; Modelling and simulation; Rheology

Indexed keywords

3D MODELS; CROSS-WLF; FLOW BEHAVIOURS; MICRO PART; MICRO-FEATURE; MICRO-INJECTION; MICRO-SCALES; MODELLING AND SIMULATION; MULTI-SCALE STRUCTURES; NUMERICAL CODE; SURFACE EFFECT; VISCO-ELASTIC MATERIAL; VISCOELASTIC CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; VISCOELASTIC MODELS; VISCOUS MODELS; VISCOUS SIMULATIONS; WELD LINES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; RHEOLOGY; VISCOELASTICITY;

INJECTION MOLDING;

EID: 84858026659     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2012.44     Document Type: Article

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