Transient capillary rheometry: Compressibility effects

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 145, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 102-108

  Mitsoulis, Evan ^a   Delgadillo Velazquez, Omar ^b   Hatzikiriakos, Savvas G ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capillary flow; Compressibility; LLDPE; Transient rheometry

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; COMPRESSIBILITY; FLOW RATE; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RHEOMETERS; VISCOUS FLOW;

PRESSURE TRANSIENTS; TRANSIENT CAPILLARY RHEOMETRY;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

CAPILLARITY; COMPRESSIBILITY; FLOW RATE; FLUID DYNAMICS; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RHEOMETERS; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 34547829733     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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