Origin of nonlinearities in the Bagley plots of thermotropic copolyesters

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 203-219

  Moldenaers, P ^a   Vermant, J ^a   Mewis, J ^a   Heynderickx, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; POLYESTERS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RHEOMETERS; VISCOSITY;

BAGLEY PLOTS NONLINEARITY; MOLECULAR REORIENTATION EFFECTS; SLIT DIES; THERMOTROPIC COPOLYESTERS; TWO PISTON SLIT RHEOMETER; WALL EFFECTS;

RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0030107841     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.550799     Document Type: Article

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