Creeping sphere-plane squeeze flow to determine the zero-shear-rate viscosity of HDPE melts

Applied Rheology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-39

  Cua, Edwin C ^a   Shaw, Montgomery T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Fizeau interferometer; HDPE; Squeeze flow; Zero sher rate viscosity

Indexed keywords

CREEP; FLUID FLOW; POLYETHYLENE; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; VISCOSITY;

EID: 2042417351     PISSN: 14306395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/arh-2004-0003     Document Type: Article

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