Year: 2009
Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 6 (2009), Iss. 3 : pp. 536–552
Abstract
In this study an incompressible flow with non-Newtonian fluids in the reverse
roll coating process was investigated. Non-Newtonian behavior of the coating
fluid was accounted by using power law model with power index, n, ranging from 0.8
to 1.2. Effect of roll speed ratio (V2/V1) of the panel roll to the applicator roll and gap
distance on the coating film thickness were also investigated. Numerical results were
in good agreement with those of experimental data within 15%-20%. Results indicated
that the film thickness ratios are function of power-law index, roll speed ration and ratio
of roll radius to gap distance. The equations for film thickness ratio were obtained
from numerical results as shown below:
where t1, t2 and t3 are inlet film, transferred film and leakage film thickness, respectively,
n is power-law index, V1 and V2 are roll speed of applicator roll and panel roll,
Rm is average radius of two rolls and H0 is gap distance. The correlations are accurate
within 10% for 0.8≤n≤1.2, 0.5≤V2/V1≤2, and 7.7×10−5≤ H0/Rm ≤1.54×10−4.
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Journal Article Details
Publisher Name: Global Science Press
Language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/2009-CiCP-7691
Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 6 (2009), Iss. 3 : pp. 536–552
Published online: 2009-01
AMS Subject Headings: Global Science Press
Copyright: COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press
Pages: 17