Measurements of velocity profile development in the spinning flows of liquid crystalline polymer solutions

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 237-247

  Mori, N ^a   Hamaguchi, Y ^a   Nakamura, K ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; NOZZLES; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SOLUTIONS;

HYDROGEN BUBBLE METHOD; HYDROXYPROPYLCELLULOSE; SPINNING FLOWS;

VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0031102259     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.550861     Document Type: Article

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