Gas displacement of polymer melts in a cylinder: Experiments and viscoelastic simulations

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Rasmussen, Henrik Koblitz ^a   Eriksson, Torbjörn ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cylinder; Finite element; Gas displacement; Integral; Lagrangian; Polymer melt; Viscoelastic

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYSTYRENES; STRESSES; VISCOELASTICITY;

GAS DISPLACEMENT; LAGRANGIAN INTEGRAL METHOD; MOLECULAR STRESS FUNCTION;

POLYMER MELTS;

CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMER MELTS; POLYSTYRENES; STRESSES; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 33947313175     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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