Bagley correction: The effect of contraction angle and its prediction

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 309-320

  Mitsoulis, Evan ^a   Hatzikiriakos, Savvas G ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bagley correction; Contraction angle; End effects; K BKZ and Cross constitutive models

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; CONTRACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; POLYMER MELT; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0042322995     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-003-0294-y     Document Type: Article

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