Modelling the meniscus evacuation problem in direct gravure coating

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-67

  Powell, C A ^a   Savage, M D ^a   Gaskell, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic contact line; Gravure coating; Lagrangian finite element method; Meniscus evacuation

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

DIRECT GRAVURE COATING; MENISCUS EVACUATION;

COATING TECHNIQUES;

COATING; LAGRANGIAN ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MENISCUS;

EID: 0034092741     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/026387600527086     Document Type: Article

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