A numerical study of the flow of a low-density-polyethylene melt in a planar contraction and comparison to experiments

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-35

  Feigl, Kathleen ^a   Öttinger, Hans Christian ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SOLUTIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRAIN; THERMAL EFFECTS;

KRAMERS PARTICLE TRACKING ANALYSIS; POLYMER MELTS; RIVLIN-SAWYERS INTEGRAL CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 0029755273     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.550736     Document Type: Review

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