Evaluation of rheological constitutive equations for branched polymers in step shear strain flows

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 123-131

  Chodankar, Chirag D ^a   Schieber, Jay D ^a   Venerus, David C ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Branched polymer; Pom pom model; Step strain flow

Indexed keywords

EQUATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODELING; POLYMER; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 0037280949     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-002-0263-x     Document Type: Article

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