Visualisation and analysis of interfacial instability in coextrusion of LDPE melt

Plastics, Rubber and Composites

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-35

  Martyn, M T ^a   Spares, R ^a   Coates, P D ^a   Zatloukal, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b TOMAS BATA UNIVERSITY IN ZLIN   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Coextrusion; Interfacial Instability; Modelling; Visualisation

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; POLYETHYLENES; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHRINKAGE; STRESSES; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISCOELASTICITY;

INTERFACIAL INSTABILITY; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; STRESS BIREFRINGENCE; TOTAL NORMAL STRESS DIFFERENCE (TNSD);

COEXTRUSION;

EID: 3042781390     PISSN: 14658011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/146580104225018328     Document Type: Conference Paper

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