Effect of curvature of coating die edges on the pinning of contact line

AIChE Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 447-455

  Romero, Oldrich Joel ^a   Scriven, L E ^b   Carvalho, Márcio Da Silveira ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact line; Die edges; Low flow limit; Slot coating

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LINE; DIE EDGES; LOW-FLOW LIMIT; MATHEMATICAL CORNERS; NAVIER-STOKES SYSTEM; RADIUS OF CURVATURE; SLOT COATING;

COATINGS; CONTACT ANGLE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NEWTONIAN FLOW;

DIES;

COATINGS; CONTACT ANGLE; DIES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NEWTONIAN FLOW;

EID: 32444444474     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.10672     Document Type: Article

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