A stable “island” in the slip-stick region of linear low-density polyethylene

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1735-1744

  Pudjijanto, Stephanus ^a   Denn, Morton M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRUSION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; OSCILLATIONS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PRESSURE; PRESSURE DROP; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEARING; STABILITY; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE;

EXTRUSION INSTABILITIES; EXTRUSION PRESSURE; INTERMEDIATE STABLE FLOW; MELT FRACTURE; MESOPHASE TRANSITION; NARROW TEMPERATURE RANGE; OSCILLATING FLOW; PRESSURE OSCILLATION; SLIP STICK REGION; STABLE ISLANDS;

LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 0028539693     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: 15208516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.550523     Document Type: Article

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