Experimental observation and numerical simulation of transient "stress fangs" within flowing molten polyethylene

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1261-1276

  Lee, K ^a   Mackley, M R ^a   McLeish, T C B ^b   Nicholson, T M ^b   Harlen, O G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MOLTEN MATERIALS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLASTIC FLOW; RHEOLOGY; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

LAGRANGIAN-EULERIAN METHOD; LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE; MOLTEN POLYETHYLENE; MULTIMODE POM-POM CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; STRESS FANGS; VISCOELATIC FLOW;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 0035517792     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.1389316     Document Type: Article

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