Role of Baffles on Flow Fields Inside Wet-Lay Mixing Tanks and Their Potential Influence on Fiber Dispersion

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 575-582

  Vahedi Tafreshi, H ^a   Pourdeyhimi, B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; FRICTION; MIXING; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY; SEPARATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VORTEX FLOW;

FLOW FIELDS;

TEXTILE FIBERS;

AGITATION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DEFECT; DISPERSION; FIBER BUNDLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONWOVEN FABRIC MACHINE; NONWOVEN FABRIC MANUFACTURE; SEPARATION; WET LAYING;

EID: 0041339609     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004051750307300703     Document Type: Article

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