Elastic flow-front fingering instability in flowing polymer solutions

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 693-704

  Kabanemi, Kalonji K ^a   Hétu, Jean François ^a   Sammoun, Samira H ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elastic instability; Finger patterns; Fingering instability; Flow front instability; Injection molding; Viscous instability

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FLOW PATTERNS; INJECTION MOLDING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERS; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 33745805830     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-005-0027-5     Document Type: Article

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