Planar entry converging flow during extrusion of polymer melts

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 475-480

  Liang, Ji Zhao ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Converging flow; Mathematic model; Planar entrance; Polymeric melts

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELASTICITY; EXTRUSION; FLOW OF SOLIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RHEOLOGY;

BOUNDARY STREAMLINE EQUATION; CONVERGING FLOW; DIE EXTRUSION; HALF ANGLE EQUATION;

POLYMER MELTS;

DEFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELASTICITY; EXTRUSION; FLOW OF SOLIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMER MELTS; RHEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; EXTRUSION; FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER MELT; RHEOLOGY;

EID: 34248146032     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550701297087     Document Type: Article

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