Analysis of a melt-blowing die: Comparison of CFD and experiments

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 41, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 5125-5138

  Krutka, Holly M ^a   Shambaugh, Robert L ^a   Papavassiliou, Dimitrios V ^a  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIES; JETS; NOZZLES; PLASTIC FILAMENTS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; STRESS ANALYSIS; TURBULENCE;

MELT-BLOWING DIES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

POLYMER;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FIBER; FLOW FIELD; MELTING; NOZZLE FLOW;

ACCURACY; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; DYNAMICS; FIBER; LIQUID; MODEL; PARAMETER; PREDICTION; STRESS; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0037009927     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie020366f     Document Type: Article

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