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Last name: CASTELLANI
First name: Romain
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The knife-over-roll coating process of plastisol formulations for flooring applications has been investigated. The coexistence of smooth spherical PVC particles and rough calcium carbonate aggregates in a Newtonian plasticizer makes this suspension a more complex system than those encountered in the literature. The shear viscosity has been...
Le renforcement des polymères est très souvent réalisé par des nanocharges en raison de leursgrandes surfaces de contact, jouant un rôle particulier sur leurs comportements. Parfois de formesanalogues à celles de fibres, ces charges jouent un rôle important dans les propriétés thermiques,mécaniques, optiques ou barrières et permettent de...
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A plastisol is a suspension of PVC particles and mineral fillers in a liquid phase composed of plasticizer and adjuvants. Plastisol formulations are commonly used in coating processes for flooring application. In the knife-overroll process, they are subjected to a wide range of shear rates (0–105 s21). They are adjusted in order to fulfil the...
In the present work, a prototype was developed to observe the flow behavior of viscous fluids (10^3 to 10^5 Pa.s) under free surface shear. The geometry of the prototype is an eccentric Couette cell where both cylinders can rotate in the same or opposite directions. Transparent windows permit in-situ observations during flow. The design,...
Abstract In the present work, a prototype was developed to observe the flow behavior of viscous fluids under free surface shear and determine an adhesion energy in this flow geometry. The geometry consists of an eccentric Couette cell (outer cylinder radius of 89.5 mm, inner cylinder radius of 43.75 mm and minimal gap of 3 mm) that can be used...
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