A level set method to study foam processing: a validation study

DOI10.1002/fld.2671zbMath1251.82024MaRDI QIDQ2884038

David R. Noble, Harry Moffat, Patrick K. Notz, L. A. Mondy, Douglas B. Adolf, Rekha R. Rao

Publication date: 14 May 2012

Published in: International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.2671

zbMATH Keywords

polymerization; interface capturing; level set method; FEM; numerical modeling; foam; exotherms; physically blown foam

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

82D60: Statistical mechanics of polymers

65M60: Finite element, Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

82B24: Interface problems; diffusion-limited aggregation arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics

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Density predictions using a finite element/level set model of polyurethane foam expansion and polymerization, Computational modelling of the complex dynamics of chemically blown polyurethane foam

Uses Software

• Aria
• EnSight

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