Analysis of the temperature field from multiple jets in the Schwarz melt blowing die using computational fluid dynamics

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 5098-5109

  Krutka, Holly M ^a   Shambaugh, Robert L ^a   Papavassiliou, Dimitrios V ^a  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNULAR JET; MULTIHOLE GEOMETRIES; SCHWARZ MELT BLOWING DIES; TEMPERATURE FIELD;

CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EFFECTS; TURBULENCE;

DIES;

CAPILLARY FLOW; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DIES; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EFFECTS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 33746311518     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie060194c     Document Type: Review

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