Analysis of glass flow during extrusion of optical fiber preforms

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 304-320

  Ebendorff Heidepriem, Heike ^a   Monro, Tanya M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIE DESIGN; DIE GEOMETRY; EXTRUSION PROCESS; FEATURE DIMENSIONS; FLOW ANALYSIS; OPTICAL FIBER PREFORMS; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; SOFT GLASS;

DIES; FRICTION; GLASS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PREFORMING;

EXTRUSION;

EID: 84862128267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.2.000304     Document Type: Article

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