A correlation between velocity profile and molecular weight distribution in sheared entangled polymer solutions

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 217-233

  Boukany, Pouyan E ^a   Wang, Shi Qing ^a  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

Author keywords

Entangled polymers; Nonlinear rheology; Parallel plate shear cell; Particle tracking velocimetry

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RHEOMETERS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEARING; VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

ENTANGLED POLYMERS; NONLINEAR RHEOLOGY; PARALLEL PLATE SHEAR CELL; PARTICLE TRACKING VELOCIMETRY;

POLYMER SOLUTIONS;

EID: 33847675319     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.2424947     Document Type: Article

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