Mathematical Simulation in Glass Technology

1. Front Matter

   Pages n1-XI

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2. Overview

   • Horst Loch

   Pages 1-15

3. Melting and Fining

   • Ruud G. C. Beerkens, Wolf S. Kuhn, Frank-Thomas Lentes, Ton Backx

   Pages 17-164

4. Homogenizing and Conditioning

   • Henry Eisermann, Ulrich Lange, Horst Loch, Günter Weidmann, Norbert Siedow, Sandro Manservisi

   Pages 165-237

5. Shaping at Low Viscosities

   • Matthias Brinkmann, Norbert Siedow, Thomas Korb, Ulrich Lange, Günter Weidmann, Kurt Holtberg et al.

   Pages 239-337

6. Reshaping at High Viscosities

   • Thoralf Johansson, Ulrich Fotheringham

   Pages 339-357

7. Thermal Treatment

   • Peter Thomas, Clemens Kunisch, Volker Seibert, Andreas Bensberg

   Pages 359-379

8. Post-Processing by Laser Cutting

   • Kurt Nattermann, Christoph Hermanns

   Pages 381-412

9. Glass Products Under Mechanical and Thermal Loads

   • Kurt Nattermann, Harald Krümmet, Ludwig Frank, Volker Seibert

   Pages 413-447

10. Simulation and Test of the Spinning Process Applied to Platinum Metals

    • Seth Nzahumunyurwa, Hans-Jürgen Hoffmann, Hans Oechsner, Joachim Disam

    Pages 449-466

11. Back Matter

    Pages 467-477

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This book, entitled Mathematical Simulation in Glass Technology, is one of a series reporting on research and development activities on products and processes conducted by the Schott Group. The scientifically founded development of new products and technical pro­ cesses has traditionally been of vital importance to Schott and has always been performed on a scale determined by the prospects for application of our special glasses. Since the reconstruction of the Schott Glaswerke in Mainz, the scale has increased enormously. The range of expert knowledge required could never have been supplied by Schott alone. It is also a tradition in our company to cultivate collaboration with customers, universities, and research institutes. Publications in numerous technical journals, which since 1969 we have edited to a regular schedule as Forschungsberichte - "research reports" - describe the results of these cooperations. They contain up-to-date infor­ mation on various topics for the expert but are not suited as survey material for those whose standpoint is more remote. This is the point where we would like to place our series, to stimulate the exchange of thoughts, so that we can consider from different points of view the possibilities offered by those incredibly versatile materials, glass and glass ceramics. We would like to share the knowledge won through our research and development at Schott in cooperation with the users of our materials with scientists and engineers, interested customers and friends, and with the employees of our firm.

• Glas
• Glass Melting
• Mathematical Simulation
• calculus
• calibration
• glass
• linear optimization
• mathematical modeling
• mechanics
• model
• modeling
• numerical analysis
• optimization
• simulation
• verification

From the reviews:

"This volume reports on a large variety of mathematical simulations, covering all production steps of special glass manufacturing ... . The mathematical approach often helps in understanding the overall and sometimes hidden features of processes and thus is a highly efficient tool for optimization efforts. Complementing and partly replacing experimental investigations, mathematical simulation makes possible considerable savings in time and money. Several of the results reported are unique and published for the first time." (Verre Bulletin d’informations, Vol. 9 (1), 2003)

• Schott Glas, Mainz, Germany

  Horst Loch, Dieter Krause

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