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A new computational procedure for analysis of the melting and flame spread of polymers under fire conditions is presented. The method, termed Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM), combines concepts from particle-based techniques with those of the standard finite element method [...]

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In this paper, we present a computational algorithm for solving an important practical problem, namely, the thermoplastic polymer melting under fire conditions. We propose here a technique [...]

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A new computational procedure for analysis of the melting and flame spread of polymers under fire conditions is presented. The method, termed Particle Finite Element Method (PFEM), combines concepts from particle-based [...]

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A computational procedure for analysis of the melting, burning and flame spread of polymers under fire conditions is presented. The method, termed particle finite element method (PFEM), [...]

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Injection molding is undoubtedly one of the most widely used manufacturing process for polymers [1]. Due to its advantages over other processing techniques in terms of good surface finish, the ability to process complex parts without the need of secondary operations and low cost for [...]

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One of the main problems of composite recyclability, is to find applications with a positive business case and technically [...]