| Evaluate in detail a particular polymer extrusion extrusion process including (i) die design, (ii) stretching process, and (iii) cooling process using analytical methods (K4)
Work in a team with fellow students (K3)
Elicit and specify the requirements for the project (K3, K6)
Design a solution for the specified problem according to state-of-the-art modeling using scientific approaches (K5)
Independently make simplifications and assumptions (K5)
Independently define optimum parameters for geometry and process by means of simple parametric design studies (K6)
Critically analyze the calculation results (K5)
Manage the project group (K5)
Document the requirements, the design, the models, and the results of the project (K3)
Present the outcome of the project to other students (K3)
Defend and explain your results and assumptions taken in front of the class (K5)
Give feedback to the results of the other groups and discuss them in class (K5)
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Management of a group to obtain the results within a certain timeframe (K3)
Clear and comprehensible presentation of the workflow in MS Excel (K3)
Pressure-throughput behavior of die flows, melt stretching, and extrudate cooling (K3)
Conservation equations for mass, momentum, and energy (K2)
Common assumptions and simplifications in the context of polymer processing (K2)
Short introduction into numerical modeling of flow processes in polymer extrusion (K2)
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