Computational Two-Phase Air/Fiber Flow Within Transfer Channels of Rotor Spinning Machines

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 269-278

  Kong, L X ^a   Platfoot, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; CALCULATIONS; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROTORS; SPINNING MACHINES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; YARN;

CONFINE CHANNELS; FIBER TRANSPORT;

FIBERS;

AIR FLOW; FIBRE FLOW; FIBRE ORIENTATION; SPINNING, OPEN-END, ROTOR;

EID: 0031126622     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: 17467748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051759706700406     Document Type: Article

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