Effects of Die Geometry on the Flow Field of the Melt-Blowing Process

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 5541-5553

  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

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIES; JETS; NOZZLES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; TURBULENT FLOW;

FLOW FIELD;

BLOW MOLDING;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FIBER; FLOW FIELD; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; POLYMER MELT; REYNOLDS STRESS;

ARTICLE; FLUID FLOW; MATERIALS HANDLING; MODEL; POLYMERIZATION; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; SIMULATION; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCITY;

EID: 0142183534     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie030457s     Document Type: Article

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