Experimental and simulation studies of heat transfer in polymer melts

AIChE Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1372-1382

  Chen, Hongbing ^a   Sundararaj, Uttandaraman ^a   Nandakumar, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT TRANSFER; POLYETHYLENES; SHEAR FLOW; SPECIFIC HEAT; VISCOSITY;

VISCOUS DISSIPATION;

POLYETHERIMIDES;

POLYMER;

HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POLYMER MELT; POWER LAW FLUID; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; VISCOSITY;

ARTICLE; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GEOMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0037503890     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.690490604     Document Type: Article

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