Modeling strain hardening of polydisperse polystyrene melts by molecular stress function theory

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 235-243

  Wagner, Manfred H ^a   Kheirandish, S ^a   Koyama, K ^b   Nishioka, A ^b   Minegishi, A ^b   Takahashi, T ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blends; Broad molecular weight distribution; Elongational viscosity; Linear and non linear viscoelasticity; Molecular stress function; Polystyrene

Indexed keywords

POLYSTYRENE;

EID: 12144278188     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-004-0402-7     Document Type: Article

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