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Boundary element and finite element analysis for the efficient simulation of fluid‐structure interaction and its application to mold filling processes
Author(s) -
Harmel Maximilian,
Sauer Roger A.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pamm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1617-7061
DOI - 10.1002/pamm.201710226
Subject(s) - finite element method , molding (decorative) , mold , materials science , liquid metal , casting , work (physics) , mechanical engineering , flow (mathematics) , boundary element method , mechanics , boundary (topology) , composite material , engineering , structural engineering , physics , mathematics , mathematical analysis
Metal casting and polymer molding are widely used for the economical shape processing of complex geometries. In these manufacturing processes, a liquid melt (metal, mineral or synthetic) is filled into a mold with a cavity of the desired shape. Cooling and solidification of the melt results in a product with almost the same shape as the cavity. Numerical simulations can be employed to increase the accuracy of the process. To this end, boundary element method for Stokes flow and a finite element formulation for liquid membranes are investigated in this work. (© 2017 Wiley‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)