Pressure dependent viscosity and dissipative heating in capillary rheometry of polymer melts

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 295-308

  Laun, Hans Martin ^a  

^a BASF SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apparent pressure coefficient; Capillary rheometry; Compressible melt; Curved Bagley plot; Dissipative heating; Heat transfer coefficient; LDPE melt; Non adiabatic case; Pressure dependent viscosity; Throttle experiment

Indexed keywords

DISSIPATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HEAT TRANSFER; POLYMER MELT; PRESSURE; RHEOLOGY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0041822117     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-002-0291-6     Document Type: Article

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