Tech Papers
Coating Processes
Listed below are articles and papers on the use of FLOW-3D in the field of Coating Processes. Linked Tech Papers are downloadable. Use a PDF viewer or Adobe Acrobat to view. If a technical paper is not linked to our online library, call or email us at Flow Science and we will send you a copy.
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James M. Brethour, 3-D transient simulation of viscoelastic coating flows, 13th International Coating Science and Technology Symposium, September 2006, Denver, Colorado
19-06 Ivosevic, M., Cairncross, R. A., and Knight, R., 3D Predictions of Thermally Sprayed Polymer Splats: Modeling Particle Acceleration, Heating and Deformation on Impact with a Flat Substrate, Int. J. of Heat and Mass Transfer, 49, pp. 3285 - 3297, 2006
9-06 M. Ivosevic, R. A. Cairncross, R. Knight, T. E. Twardowski, V. Gupta, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA; J. A. Baldoni, Duke University, Durham, NC, Effect of Substrate Roughness on Splatting Behavior of HVOF Sprayed Polymer Particles: Modeling and Experiments, International Thermal Spray Conference, Seattle, WA, May 2006.
26-05 Ivosevic, M., Cairncross, R. A., Knight, R., Impact Modeling of Thermally Sprayed Polymer Particles, Proc. International Thermal Spray Conference [ITSC-2005], Eds., DVS/IIW/ASM-TSS, Basel, Switzerland, May 2005.
11-05 Brethour, J., Simulation
of Viscoelastic Coating
Flows with a Volume-of-fluid Technique,
in Proceedings
of the 6th European Coating Symposium, Bradford, UK, 2005
1-05 C.W. Hirt, Electro-Hydrodynamics
of Semi-Conductive Fluids: With Application to Electro-Spraying, Flow
Science Technical Note #70, FSI-05-TN70
20-03 James Brethour, Filling and Emptying
of Gravure Cells--A CFD Analysis, Convertech
Pacific October 2002, Vol. 10, No 4, p 34-37
4-03 M. Toivakka, Numerical
Investigation of Droplet Impact Spreading in Spray Coating of Paper,
In Proceedings of 2003 TAPPI 8th Advanced Coating Fundamentals Symposium, TAPPI
Press, Atlanta, 2003
30-04 M. Ivosevic, R.A. Cairncross, and R. Knight, Impact Modeling of HVOF Sprayed Polymer Particles, Presented at the 12th International Coating Science and Technology Symposium, Rochester, New York, September 23-25, 2004
29-04 J.M. Brethour and C.W. Hirt, Stains Arising from Dried Liquid Drops, Presented at the 12th International Coating Science and Technology Symposium, Rochester, New York, September 23-25, 2004
28-02 J.M. Brethour and H. Benkreira, Filling and Emptying of Gravure Cells—Experiment and CFD Comparison, 11th International Coating Science and Technology Symposium, September 23-25, 2002, Minneapolis, Minnesota
22-02 Hirt, C.W., and Brethour, J.M., Contact
Line on Rough Surfaces with Application to Air Entrainment, Presented
at the 11th International Coating Science and Technology Symposium, September
23-25, 2002, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Unpublished.
17-01 J. M. Brethour, C. W. Hirt, Moving
Contact Lines on Rough Surfaces
16-01 J. M. Brethour, Filling
and Emptying of Gravure Cells--A CFD Analysis,
proceedings of the 4th European Coating Symposium 2001, October 1-4, 2001, Brussels,
Belgium
6-99 C. W. Hirt, Direct
Computation of Dynamic Contact Angles and Contact Lines, ECC99 Coating
Conference, Erlangen, Germany (FSI-99-00-2), Sept. 1999
7-98 J. E. Richardson and Y. Becker, Three-Dimensional
Simulation of Slot Coating Edge Effects, Flow Science Inc, and Polaroid
Corporation, presented at the 9th International Coating Science and Technology
Symposium, Newark, DE, May 18-20, 1998
6-98 C. W. Hirt and E. Choinski, Simulation
of the Wet-Start Process in Slot Coating, Flow
Science Inc, and Polaroid Corporation, presented at the 9th International Coating
Science and Technology Symposium, Newark, DE, May 18-20, 1998
3-97 C. W. Hirt and J. E. Richardson of Flow Science Inc, and
K.S. Chen, Sandia National Laboratory, Simulation
of Transient and Three-Dimensional Coating Flows Using a Volume-of-Fluid Technique,
presented at the 50th Annual Conference of the Society for Imaging and Science
Technology, Boston, MA 18-23 May 1997
2-96 C. W. Hirt, K. S. Chen, Simulation
of Slide-Coating Flows Using a Fixed Grid and a Volume-of-Fluid Front-Tracking
Technique, presented
a the 8th International Coating Process Science & Technology Symposium, February
25-29, 1996, New Orleans, LA