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# A smooth 3D model for fiber lay-down in nonwoven production processes

• In this paper we develop an improved three dimensional stochastic model for the lay-down of fibers on a moving conveyor belt in the production process of nonwoven materials. The model removes a drawback of a previous 3D model, that is the non-smoothness of the fiber paths. A similar result in the 2D case has been presented in [12]. The resulting equations are investigated for different limit situations and numerical simulations are presented.
Mathematics Subject Classification: 37H10, 35Q84, 41A60.

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