Experimental and numerical study of entry flow of low-density polyethylene melts

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 494-507

  Guillet, Jacques ^a   Revenu, Pascale ^a   Béreaux, Yves ^b   Clermont, Jean Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Entry flows; Polyethylene melts; Pressure drops; Stream tube methods; Wagner integral model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000480341     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00368999     Document Type: Article

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