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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Melt Conveying in Single-Screw Extruders: Modeling and Simulation
Contributor:
Marschik, Christian;
Roland, Wolfgang;
Osswald, Tim A.
imprint:
MDPI AG, 2022
Published in:Polymers
Language:
English
DOI:
10.3390/polym14050875
ISSN:
2073-4360
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:p>Numerous analyses have modeled the flow of polymer melts in the melt-conveying zones of single-screw extruders. While initial studies mainly provided exact analytical results for combined drag and pressure flows of Newtonian fluids, more recently developed, numerical methods seek to deepen the understanding of more realistic flow situations that include shear-thinning and non-isothermal effects. With the advent of more powerful computers, considerable progress has been made in the modeling and simulation of polymer melt flows in single-screw extruders. This work reviews the historical developments from a methodological point of view, including (1) exact analytical, (2) numerical, and (3) approximate methods. Special attention is paid to the mathematical models used in each case, including both governing flow equations and boundary conditions. In addition, the literature on leakage flow and curved-channel systems is revisited.</jats:p>