The Proceedings of the Conference on Information, Intelligence and Precision Equipment : IIP
Online ISSN : 2424-3140
2005
Session ID : W3
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W3 Mechanics of Thin, Flexible, Translating Media and Their Interactions with Surrounding Air
Sinan Muftu
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Abstract
Thin, flexible, continuous structures known as webs are used in a wide range of industrial applications. These structures interact with the surrounding air in beneficial or detrimental ways, depending on the application and the process parameters. A review of the literature related to modeling and experimental work on (mostly) the steady state fluid-structure interactions is given. Equilibrium equations of web mechanics, and the inertia dominated and viscosity dominated air flows are presented. Simulation examples from four different industrial applications; web/air-bar interactions; roller/web interactions for permeable and impermeable webs; and the flat-top recording-head/magnetic-tape interactions, are presented.
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© 2005 The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
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