Characterisation of an industrial polymer melt through either uniaxial extension or exponential shear data: An application of the Pom-Pom model

Applied Rheology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-25

  Suneel, ^a   Graham, Richard S ^a   McLeish, Tom C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Branched poylmer; Constitutive equations; Exponential shear; Pom pom model; Uniaxial extension

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; EXTRUSION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODELING; POLYMER;

EID: 0038304488     PISSN: 14306395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/arh-2003-0003     Document Type: Article

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