Viscoelastic flow past a confined cylinder of a low density polyethylene melt

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 68, Issue 2-3 SPEC. ISS., 1997, Pages 173-203

  Baaijens, Frank P T ^a   Selen, Sjaak H A ^a   Baaijens, Hans P W ^a   Peters, Gerrit W M ^a   Meijer, Han E H ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discontinuous galerkin model; LDPE melts; PTT model; Viscoelastic flow

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CYLINDERS (CONTAINERS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; SHEAR FLOW; STRESS RELAXATION; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

DEBORAH NUMBER; GALERKIN METHOD; GIESEKUS MODELS; PHAN-THIEN-TANNER MODELS; POLYMER MELT;

LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES;

BODIES-CYLINDER; MODELLING-MATHEMATICAL; POLYETHYLENE; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 0031071713     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0377-0257(96)01519-4     Document Type: Article

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