Prediction of multiple overshoots in shear stress during fast flows of bidisperse polymer melts

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1003-1009

  Islam, Mohammad T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bidisperse polymer; Constitutive model; Differential model; Multiple overshoots; Polydisperse constitutive model; Tube model

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FORECASTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMERS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SOLUTIONS; STEADY FLOW; STRESS RELAXATION;

EID: 33747512094     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-005-0060-4     Document Type: Article

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