Viscoelastic analysis of complex polymer melt flows using the eXtende Pom-Pom model

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 108, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 301-326

  Verbeeten, Wilco M H ^a   Peters, Gerrit W M ^a   Baaijens, Frank P T ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Constitutive models; Cross slot flow; Differential models; Experimental results; EXtended Pom Pom model; Flow around a cylinder; Giesekus model; Polymer melt; PTT a model; Quantitative comparison

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; POLYETHYLENES; RHEOLOGY; VISCOELASTICITY;

POLYMER MELTS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

FLOW ANALYSIS; FLOW AROUND OBJECT; POLYMER MELT; VISCOELASTIC FLOW;

EID: 0037203406     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0257(02)00136-2     Document Type: Article

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