A rheological model with constant approximate volume for immiscible blends of ellipsoidal droplets

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 326-337

  Edwards, Brian J ^a   Dressler, Marco ^b  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Blend relaxational phenomena; Constant volume models; Polymer blends; Rheological characterization

Indexed keywords

DROPLET; IMMISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; POLYMER MELT; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0042322986     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-002-0288-1     Document Type: Article

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