Reverse roll coating flow

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 635-652

  Hao, Yue ^a   Haber, Shimon ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coating flow; Free surface; Reverse roll; Thin film

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; ROLLS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); THIN FILMS;

CAPILLARY NUMBER; COATING FLOW; FREE SURFACE; REVERSE ROLL; STROKES NUMBER;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

COATING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW ANALYSIS; ROLLER;

EID: 0033618582     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0363(19990730)30:6<635::AID-FLD835>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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