Simulation of liquid transfer between separating walls for modeling micro-gravure-offset printing

International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1436-1446

  Huang, Wei Xi ^a   Lee, Seung Hyun ^a   Sung, Hyung Jin ^a   Lee, Taik Min ^b   Kim, Dong Soo ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Machine and Materials   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Free surface flow; Liquid transfer; Micro gravure offset printing; Numerical simulation; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; GRAVITATION; INK; LITHOGRAPHY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OFFSET PRINTING; PRINTING MACHINERY; PRINTING PRESSES; SEPARATION; STAGES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

CONTACT ANGLES; FREE-SURFACE FLOW; LIQUID TRANSFER; MICRO-GRAVURE-OFFSET PRINTING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION;

PRINTING;

EID: 51649086004     PISSN: 0142727X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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