Molecular orientation of a liquid-crystalline polymer solution in mixed shear-extensional flows

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 235-257

  Bedford, Bruce D ^a   Burghardt, Wesley R ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CELLULOSE; KINEMATICS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; PLASTIC FLOW; SHEAR FLOW; SHRINKAGE; SOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; CRESOL; FLOW ALIGNING DYNAMICS; FLOW BIREFRINGENCE; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY; LYOTROPIC HYDROXYPROPYLCELLULOSE; MIXED SHEAR EXTENSIONAL FLOWS; SLIT CONTRACTION FLOW; STEADY FLOW; STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITIES;

RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0030104169     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.550793     Document Type: Article

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