Numerical Infeasibilities of Nanofibrous Mats Process Design

Abstract

A new computer-aided method to design electrospun, nanofibrous mats was implemented and tested. In this work, the standard nonlinear algebraic model led to the terminal fiber diameter FD being examined in detail. The analysis was performed in terms of numerical feasibility. The study specified the limit value of the axial length scale, parameter χ, that determined valid solutions. The presented approach has vast practical potential (i.e., biomedical applications, air/water purification systems, fire protection and solar industries).