Modelling of forward roll coating flows with a deformable roll: Application to non-Newtonian industrial coating formulations

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1427-1437

  Lecuyer H A ^a   Mmbaga, J P ^b   Hayes, R E ^b   Bertrand, F H ^a   Tanguy, P A ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elastic deformation; Finite element method; Free surface; Newtonian fluid; Non Newtonian fluid; Roll coating flows

Indexed keywords

COATING PROCESS; FLUID DOMAIN; FLUID PROBLEM; FORCE BALANCES; FREE SURFACE; FREE SURFACES; GAIN INSIGHT; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; INDUSTRIAL COATINGS; ITERATIVE APPROACH; LATEX COATINGS; NEWTONIAN FLUID; NON-NEWTONIAN; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; PRESSURE PROFILES; REMESHING; ROLL COATING FLOWS; ROLL DEFORMATION; ROLL SPEED; VELOCITY COMPONENTS;

COATINGS; ELASTIC DEFORMATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; HYDRODYNAMICS; KAOLIN; NEWTONIAN FLOW; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PRESSURE EFFECTS; RHEOLOGY; ROLLS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); RUBBER; SIMULATORS; SURFACES; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOUS FLOW;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 67651113841     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compchemeng.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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