ME 718 Modeling and Simulation in Polymer Processing

3 graduate credits

Instructor: Professor Tim A. Osswald
Phone: 608/263-9538
E-mail: osswald@engr.wisc.edu

Course objective:
To acquaint the student with modeling techniques used in commercial software in the polymer processing industry, and to allow the students to develop their own simulation tools for specialized applications.

Course description:
This course is designed to acquaint the student with computer simulation technology used for the engineering of polymer processes, such as compression molding, injection molding, extrusion, blow molding and many others. The course will show how the finite difference technique and the finite element and boundary element methods are used to simulate flow, heat transfer and structural development in polymer processing operations.

Prerequisite:
Knowledge of polymer processing or consent of instructor.

Homework:
Four homework projects.

Exams:
None.

Computer language:
Fortran/C/C++.

Textbook:
Polymer Processing: Modeling and Simulation, Osswald and Hernandez-Ortiz, ISBN: 1-56990-398-0.

Course notes:
Sent upon receipt of enrollment.