The melt processing of monodisperse and polydisperse polystyrene melts within a slit entry and exit flow

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 128, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 29-41

  Collis, M W ^a   Mackley, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flow birefringence; Multi pass rheometer; Polymer melts; Polystyrene; Pom Pom model; Wagner model

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMER BLENDS; RHEOLOGY; RHEOMETERS;

MELT PROCESSING; MONODISPERSE POLYSTYRENE; MULTI-PASS RHEOMETER; POLYDISPERSE POLYSTYRENE;

POLYSTYRENES;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 21644466013     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2005.02.010     Document Type: Article

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