A free-boundary problem for viscous fluid flow in injection moulding

J.C.W. Vroonhoven, van, W.J.J. Kuijpers

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Abstract

The injection of a viscous fluid into a mould formed by two parallel plates is considered. The flow front is supposed to move at constant speed. It is assumed that there is complete adherence between the fluid and the mould walls, and that the environmental pressure is constant. For a Newtonian fluid the problem is described in terms of two analytic complex functions. The shape of the fluid surface is calculated by means of a conformal-mapping technique, which leads to a Hilbert problem. The results are compared with known finite-element simulations.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)151-165
Number of pages15
JournalJournal of Engineering Mathematics
Volume24
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1990

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