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II. Materials processing II:1 Modelling of thermal stresses in the continuous casting of copper and aluminium II:2 Quenching of steel II:3 Material changes in circuit breakers II:4 Turbulence at small Rossby numbers II:5 Liquid metal flow with a free surface II:6 Cable extrusion II:7 Modelling of the XLPE-Cable manufacturing process
II:7 Modelling of the XLPE-Cable manufacturing process
The final properties of XLPE-based high voltage cable are very much influenced by its process of manufacture, in the course of which a number of different components, such as polyethylene, chemical additives and by-products, can appear in solid, liquid or gas phase. The overall aim of the project will be to develop a theoretical and numerical model for the manufacturing process. For the former, amongst other things, constitutive relations for the internal structure of the materia l will have to be derived; for the latter, modules for the FEMLAB finite-element software will be developed.
Researchers: Göran Paulsson, Galina Shugai, one other to be appointed Supervisors: Peter Gudmundsson, Bo Häggblad, Said Zahrai


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