A numerical strategy for the direct 3D simulation of the expansion of bubbles into a molten polymer during a foaming process

DOI10.1002/fld.1660zbMath1151.76546OpenAlexW1964656201MaRDI QIDQ3514655

J. Bruchon, Thierry Coupez

Publication date: 21 July 2008

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.1660

zbMATH Keywords

change of scalecellular structurevolume of fluid (VOF) methodbubble expansionliquid-gas interactionmesh \(r\)-adaptation technique

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