Fluid dynamic simulations of a slurry coating process on a continuous fibre

The high costs associated with metal matrix composite production have led to the development of more cost effective processing. One such method, the powder coated fibre (PCF) process, has been under development at Queen Mary, University of London by directly applying particulate coatings onto a monofilament fibre from a slurry reservoir to produce metal matrix composite performs. This work concentrates on the simulations of the coating process using computational fluid dynamics. The findings are related to experimental observations on a Ti powder coated SiC monofilament system.