Computational simulation of the fiber movement in the melt-blowing process

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3912-3917

  Wang, Xiaomei ^a   Ke, Qinfei ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; BLOW MOLDING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JETS; MELTING; TWO PHASE FLOW;

AIR FLOW; FIBER MOTION; MELT-BLOWING PROCESS; TWO-PHASE FLOW MODEL;

SYNTHETIC FIBERS;

GAS-SOLID TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 20344391895     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie048878c     Document Type: Article

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