Modelling the effect of shear flow on fibre orientation anisotropy in a planar contraction

Nordic Pulp and Paper Research Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 376-382

  Hyensjö, Marko ^a   Dahlkild, Anders ^b   Krochak, Paul ^c   Olson, James ^c   Hämäläinen, Jari ^d  

^a METSO PAPER INC   (Finland)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Dispersion; Fibre; Modelling; Orientation; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DISPERSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; TURBULENCE;

FIBRE ORIENTATION ANISOTROPY; FIBRE ORIENTATION DISPERSION; FIBRE ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTION MODEL;

NATURAL FIBERS;

ANISOTROPY; CONTRACTION; DISPERSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FIBERS; ORIENTATION; SHEAR FLOW; TURBULENCE;

EID: 34948865620     PISSN: 02832631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3183/npprj-2007-22-03-p376-382     Document Type: Article

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