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Fibre transportation in confined channel with recirculations
Due to its high speed, reduced possibility for fibre damage during the processing, and high efficiency, the pneumatic conveyance of fibres within confined channels has been widely applied in textile engineering applications. However, recirculation zone(s) occurs at one, or both sides of the channel, leading to the reduction of effective width suitable for the transport of fibres, because of the sudden variation in the cross-sectional dimensions at the inlet to the transfer channel and the movement of the walls. In order to deal with the flexible fibre properties, a two-dimensional flexible fibre model was introduced, and fibre configurations were effectively and economically simulated with a Lagrangian one-way coupling model. The effect of circulation zones on fibre configuration during transferring within the channel was specifically investigated.
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Computers and structuresVolume
78Issue
1-3Pagination
237 - 245Publisher
Elsevier ScienceLocation
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsPublisher DOI
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0045-7949Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2000, Civil-Comp Ltd. and Elsevier Science Ltd.Usage metrics
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