Numerical simulation of calendering viscoplastic fluids

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 154, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 77-88

  Mitsoulis, Evan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bingham plastics; Calendering; Papanastasiou model; Sheet thickness; Viscoplasticity; Yield stress; Yielded unyielded regions

Indexed keywords

CALENDERING; CALENDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; PLASTICITY; TECHNOLOGY; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VISCOPLASTICITY; VISCOSITY; VORTEX FLOW; YIELD STRESS;

A POSTERIORI; BINGHAM NUMBERS; BINGHAM PLASTICS; DEFORMATION RATES; DIMENSIONLESS FORM; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FEM; FINITE THICKNESS; FREE SURFACES; HERSCHEL-BULKLEY; LUBRICATION APPROXIMATIONS; NEWTONIAN; NEWTONIAN VISCOUS FLUIDS; NUMERICA L RESULTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PAPANASTASIOU MODEL; SHEAR-THINNING; SHEET THICKNESS; STEADY-STATE CONDITIONS; VISCO-PLASTIC; VISCOPLASTIC FLUIDS; VORTEX SIZE; YIELDED/UNYIELDED REGIONS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

CALENDERING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLOW; FLUID DYNAMICS; PLASTICITY; PLASTICS; SIMULATION; STRESSES; VISCOSITY;

EID: 50149108127     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2008.03.001     Document Type: Article

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