Birefringence and stress growth in uniaxial extension of polymer solutions

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 90, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 299-315

  Sridhar, T ^a   Nguyen, D A ^a   Fuller, G G ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Stress

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYSTERESIS; POLYMERS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SOLUTIONS; STRESS ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS;

BATCHELOR'S FORMULA; PETERLIN'S FORMULA;

NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS;

BIREFRINGENCE; POLYMER SOLUTION; STRESS;

EID: 0034127398     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0257(99)00080-4     Document Type: Article

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