Simple constitutive modelling of nonlinear viscoelasticity under general extension

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 33-43

  Tsenoglou, Christos J ^a   Voyiatzis, Evangelos ^a   Gotsis, Alexandros D ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alignment strength; Biaxial; Branching; Constitutive relation; Elongation; Extension; Eyring plasticity; Melt strength; Nonlinear; Planar; Polymer; Strain damping function; Uniaxial; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; DEFORMATION; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MACROMOLECULES; STRAIN HARDENING; STRESSES;

ALIGNMENT STRENGTH; CONSTITUTIVE RELATION; EYRING PLASTICITY; MELT STRENGTH; STRAIN DAMPING FUNCTION;

VISCOELASTICITY;

DAMPING; DEFORMATION; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; MACROMOLECULES; STRAIN HARDENING; STRESSES; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 33748201533     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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