Vortical Fountain Flows in Plasticating Screws

Variances in polymers processed by single-screw extrusion are investigated. While vortical flows are well known in the fluids community and fountain flows are well known to be caused by the frozen layers in injection molding, our empirical evidence and process modeling suggests the presence of vorti...

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Main Authors: David O. Kazmer, Clemens M. Grosskopf, Varun Venoor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-07-01
Series:Polymers
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/10/8/823