Smart blending: Functional fine-scale structures formed by intelligent agitations in multi-component melts

Proceedings of the ASME/JSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference

Volumn 1 C, Issue , 2003, Pages 1607-1613

  Zumbrunnen, D A ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; EXTRUSION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MELTING; POLYMER BLENDS; SOLIDIFICATION; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

SMART BLENDING DEVICES (SBD); THERMAL VIBRATIONS;

INTELLIGENT MATERIALS;

EID: 0347534884     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/fedsm2003-45051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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