Turbulent air flow field and fiber whipping motion in the melt blowing process: Experimental study

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 5346-5352

  Xie, Sheng ^a   Zeng, Yongchun ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FIBER MOTION; FLUCTUATING VELOCITIES; HOT WIRE ANEMOMETERS; MEAN TEMPERATURE; MEAN VELOCITIES; MELT BLOWING; MELT BLOWING PROCESS; MICROFIBROUS; NONWOVEN MATERIALS; TURBULENT AIR FLOW; TURBULENT FLUCTUATION;

AIR; ELECTROSPINNING; FLOW FIELDS;

FIBERS;

EID: 84859608008     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie202938b     Document Type: Article

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