Viscoelastic multi-mode simulations of wire-coating

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 90, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 217-241

  Matallah, H ^a   Townsend, P ^a   Webster, M F ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Multi mode; Polymer melts; Simulation; Viscoelastic; Wire coating

Indexed keywords

COATING TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; OPTIMIZATION; PLASTIC FLOW; VISCOELASTICITY; WIRE;

PHAN-THIEN EQUATION; TANNER EQUATION; WEISSENBERG NUMBERS; WIRE-COATING;

NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POLYMER COATING; VISCOELASTICITY; WIRE;

EID: 0034083888     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0257(99)00079-8     Document Type: Article

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