FLOW OF A POLYMER SOLUTION BETWEEN TWO ROTATING ROLLS
D. A. Berezinskii and A. V. Kosterin UDC 532.135,532.546 A new model of calendering the film of a viscoelastic polymer solution based on the principles of mechanics of saturated porous media is suggested. The point of exit of the film from the gap is not prescribed as is done in traditional approaches but is determined from the condition of adhesion strength of the contact of the polymer with the rolls. An analytical solution of the stationary problem is obtained. Disturbances of this solution caused by periodic changes in the thickness of an incoming flow or a pulling rate are investigated. N. G. Chebotarev Scientific-Research Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics at the Kazan State University, Kazan, Tatarstan; email: Alexander.Kosterin@ksu.ru. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 75, No. 2, pp. 112-118, March-April, 2002. Original article submitted May, 2001. JEPTER74920200217 JEPTER7492017