Setup and Test of a Laser Doppler Velocimeter for Investigations of Flow Behaviour of Polymer Melts

Mechanics Time-Dependent Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 371-393

  Schmidt, M ^a   Wassner, E ^a,b   Munstedt H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accuracy tests; Laser Doppler Velocimetry; Polyethylene melts; Slit die; Velocity profiles; Viscosity function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001313514     PISSN: 13852000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009820500869     Document Type: Article

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