Coating with deformable rolls: An experimental investigation of the ribbing instability

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 4138-4145

  Chong, Y H ^a   Gaskell, P H ^a   Kapur, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deformable roll coating; Experiments; Ribbing

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROTECTIVE COATINGS;

DEFORMABLE ROLL COATING; RIBBING;

ROLLS (MACHINE COMPONENTS);

DEFORMATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; ROLLS (MACHINE COMPONENTS);

EID: 34347335637     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.04.029     Document Type: Article

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