Effect of viscoelasticity on liquid transfer during gravure printing

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 175-176, Issue , 2012, Pages 64-75

  Sankaran, Ashwin K ^a   Rothstein, Jonathan P ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

Coating; Extensional rheology; Gravure printing; Pickout process; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

COATING PROCESS; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; CONTACT LINES; ELASTIC STRESS; ENDPLATES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXTENSIONAL FLOWS; EXTENSIONAL RHEOLOGY; FILAMENT STRETCHING; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; FLUID RHEOLOGY; GRAVITATIONAL STRESS; GRAVURE PRINTING; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES; LARGE-SCALE FABRICATION; LIQUID BRIDGE; MAGAZINE PRINTING; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; PICKOUT PROCESS; REGULAR ARRAY; RIGID SUBSTRATES; ROLL TO ROLL; SHALLOW CAVITIES; SMALL-SCALE FEATURES; STRETCH RATE;

ASPECT RATIO; CELLS; COATINGS; CONTACT ANGLE; DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; LIQUIDS; OFFSET PRINTING; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; VISCOELASTICITY;

CYTOLOGY;

EID: 84859928649     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2012.03.011     Document Type: Article

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