A two-scale model for discrete cell gravure roll coating

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 66, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 3666-3674

  Hewson, R W ^a   Kapur, N ^a   Gaskell, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coating flows and gravure roll coating; Films; Fluid mechanics; Hydrodynamics; Mathematical modelling; Mathematical modelling and simulation

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY NUMBERS; CELL LEVELS; CONTINUITY EQUATIONS; DISCRETE CELLS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINITE ELEMENT SOLUTION; FLOW CONDITION; FLOW FEATURES; GAP PROFILES; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELLING AND SIMULATION; MULTI-SCALE APPROACHES; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PREDICTIVE MODELS; REVERSE MODE; ROLL COATING; SPEED RATIO; STIFF ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL; TWO-SCALE MODEL;

COATINGS; CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUIDS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ROLLS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); USER INTERFACES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 79958732136     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2011.04.034     Document Type: Article

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