Numerical simulation of the spinning flow of liquid crystalline polymers

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1095-1104

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

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; PLASTIC FLOW;

DISTRIBUTION OF THE MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; DOI MODEL; SPINNING FLOW;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0031236726     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.550827     Document Type: Article

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