Viscoelastic effects in multilayer polymer extrusion

Applied Rheology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 198-205

  Anderson, Patrick D ^a   Dooley, Joseph ^b   Meijer, Han E H ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrusion; Normal stresses; Pattern formation; Rheology; Secondary flow

Indexed keywords

COEXTRUSION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELASTICITY; EXTRUSION DIES; OPTIMIZATION; RHEOLOGY; STRESSES; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 33748375545     PISSN: 14306395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/arh-2006-0014     Document Type: Article

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