Computer simulation of the film blowing process incorporating crystallization and viscoelasticity

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 525-550

  Muslet, Iyad A ^a   Kamal, Musa R ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR STRESS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOELASTICITY;

BLOW-UP RATIO (BUR); BLOWING ANGLE; DRAW RATIO (DR); FILM BLOWING PROCESS;

BLOW MOLDING;

EID: 3042526630     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.1718500     Document Type: Article

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