An estimate of the level of fibre crowding for polydisperse suspensions

Appita Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 445-448

  Huber, Patrick ^a   Martinez, Mark ^b  

^a CENTRE TECHNIQUE DU PAPIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crowding number; Fibre length distribution; Fibre orientation; Flocculation; Jacquelin floes

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FLOCCULATION; HARDWOODS; RHEOLOGY; SOFTWOODS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS RELAXATION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

CROWDING NUMBER; POLYDISPERSE SUSPENSIONS;

FIBERS;

EID: 0346266486     PISSN: 10386807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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