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During sheet steel production, the steel surface is usually coated with metal alloy for corrosion protection. This can be done by passing the steel through a bath of the molten metal coating, and controlling thickness with a pair of air knives on either side of the ascending steel strip. Surface quality problems have arisen with recent developments in production. The process was considered at the 2009 Mathematics-and-Statistics-in-Industry Study Group in Wollongong (MISG09) and in subsequent investigations. Previous analyses are extended by the addition of shear terms and by exploring the effect of increased air-jet speeds. A first-order partial differential equation governs the system. This may be used to determine the steady-state coating shape and to study the evolution of any defects that may form.
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Hocking, G.C., Sweatman, W.L., Fitt, A.D., Breward, C. (2012). Deformations Arising During Air-Knife Stripping in the Galvanisation of Steel. In: Günther, M., Bartel, A., Brunk, M., Schöps, S., Striebel, M. (eds) Progress in Industrial Mathematics at ECMI 2010. Mathematics in Industry(), vol 17. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25100-9_36
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