Numerical simulations of the planar contraction flow for a polyethylene melt using the XPP model

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 117, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 73-84

  Verbeeten, Wilco M H ^a   Peters, Gerrit W M ^a   Baaijens, Frank P T ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Constitutive models; Contraction flow; Convergence problems; DEVSS DG method; Differential models; EXtended Pom Pom model; Giesekus model; Numerical experimental comparison; Polymer melt; PTT a model

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; GALERKIN METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHRINKAGE; STRESSES; STRETCHING; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

PLANAR CONTRACTION FLOW; STRESS SPLITTING TECNIQUE;

LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES;

FLUID MECHANICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; POLYETHYLENE;

EID: 2142698108     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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