Computational modeling of the effects of viscous dissipation on polymer melt flow behavior during injection molding process in plane channels

Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tutar, M ^a,b   Karakus, A ^c  

^a MONDRAGON UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^c MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

boundary layer; channels; finite volume method; polymer melt flow; viscous dissipation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW FIELDS; INJECTION MOLDING; POLYMER MELTS; POLYPROPYLENES; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

CHANNELS; DEGREE OF INTERACTION; FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFERS; INJECTION MOLDING PROCESS; MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION; POLYMER MELT FLOW; TAIT EQUATION OF STATE; VISCOUS DISSIPATION;

HEAT TRANSFER;

EID: 84873176930     PISSN: 10871357     EISSN: 15288935     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4023239     Document Type: Article

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