Entry flow of LDPE melts in a planar contraction

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-61

  Mitsoulis, Evan ^a   Schwetz, Martin ^b   Münstedt, Helmut ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extensional viscosity; Integral constitutive equations; Planar entry flow; Polymer melts; Viscoelasticity; Vortex growth

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; RHEOLOGY; SHRINKAGE; STRAIN HARDENING; VORTEX FLOW;

CREEPING ENTRY FLOW;

LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES;

NON-LINEAR MOTION; POLYMER MELT; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0037456984     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0257(03)00012-0     Document Type: Article

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