The melt processing of polymer microcapillary film (MCF)

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 128, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 83-98

  Hallmark, B ^a   Gadala Maria, F ^b   Mackley, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of South Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrusion casting; Film casting; MCFs; Melt drawing; Melt processing; Microcapillary films

Indexed keywords

EXTRUSION; LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STREAM FLOW; THERMOPLASTICS;

HOLLOW CAPILLARIES; INJECTOR GEOMETRY; MELT PROCESSING; POLYMER MICROCAPILLARY FILM (MCF);

CAPILLARY FLOW;

MATHEMATICAL MODELING; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; POLYMER MELT;

EID: 22544487496     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2005.03.013     Document Type: Article

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