Shear and extensional flow of a thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-33

  Pickles, A P ^a,c   Gibson, A G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Lucas Advanced Engineering Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INJECTION MOLDING; PLASTICS MOLDING MACHINES; RHEOMETERS; SHEAR FLOW; STRAIN RATE; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; VISCOSITY;

CAPILLARY RHEOMETER; ELONGATIONAL FLOW CURVE; EXTENSIONAL FLOW; INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE; POWER LAW EXPONENT; SHEAR FLOW CURVE; SHEAR THINNING; THERMOTROPIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE POLYMER; TROUTON RATIO;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0029755405     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.10381     Document Type: Article

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