Onset of whipping in the melt blowing process

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 192, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-47

  Chung, Changkwon ^a   Kumar, Satish ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquid jets; Melt blowing; Viscoelasticity; Whipping instability

Indexed keywords

AIR VELOCITIES; CENTERLINES; COMMON PROCESS; DOMINANT FACTOR; DRAG FORCES; FIBER LENGTH; FIBER SHAPE; JET AXIS; LIQUID JETS; LONGITUDINAL STRESS; MELT BLOWING; MELT BLOWING PROCESS; MELT RHEOLOGY; PARAMETRIC STUDY; POLYMER FIBER; QUASI-ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

AIR; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; ELASTICITY; VISCOELASTICITY;

FIBERS;

EID: 84870887028     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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