Flow simulation in the nip of a rigid forward roll coater

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1041-1066

  Mmbaga, J P ^a   Hayes, R E ^a   Bertrand, F H ^b   Tanguy, P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coating flow simulation; Finite element method; Free surface algorithms; Mesh refinement; Roll coating

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTERS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

COATING FLOWS; ROLL COATING FLOWS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

FLUID FLOW;

EID: 23044486888     PISSN: 02712091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fld.976     Document Type: Article

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