Handsheet formation and mechanical testing via fiber-level simulations

Nordic Pulp and Paper Research Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 434-439

  Switzer III, Leonard H ^a,c   Klingenberg, Daniel J ^a,c   Scott, C Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Handsheets; Networks; Simulations; Strength

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FIBERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SHEET METAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; WORLD WIDE WEB;

FIBER MODELS; FIBER PROPERTIES; FIBER-LEVEL SIMULATIONS; HANDSHEETS;

MECHANICAL TESTING;

BEHAVIOR; DEFORMATION; EXPERIMENTATION; FIBER NETWORKS; METHODS; SIMULATION; TESTING;

EID: 11144295691     PISSN: 02832631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3183/npprj-2004-19-04-p434-439     Document Type: Article

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