Viscosity overshoot in the start-up of uniaxial elongation of low density polyethylene melts

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 369-381

  Rasmussen, Henrik Koblitz ^a   Nielsen, Jens Kromann ^a   Bach, Anders ^a   Hassager, Ole ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; RHEOMETERS; STRAIN RATE; VISCOELASTICITY;

ELONGATIONAL RATES; ELONGATIONAL VISCOSITY; STEADY STATES;

VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 20344369619     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.1849188     Document Type: Article

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