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Title: A finite element implementation of a level set interface tracking technique for visoelastic filling

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OSTI ID:383032

In order to effectively model filling processes encountered in injection molding, an accurate and computationally efficient method for tracking the fluid interface is essential. In this work, several methods for interface tracking and mold filling are discussed in reference to three dimensional viscoelastic filling problems. This discussion emphasizes the interface tracking techniques in the context of the finite element method. A detailed outline of a level set method is presented. This method entails solving for the advection of a continuum variable and its subsequent reinitialization as a distance function.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
383032
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-96-2752; CONF-9610173-2; ON: DE96014458
Resource Relation:
Conference: IACHE annual conference, Chicago, IL (United States), Oct 1996; Other Information: PBD: [1996]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English