Numerical investigation and visualization of polymer behavior within a capillary die

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1688-1694

  Beard, M A ^a   Tabor, G R ^a   Ritchie, S J K ^a   Evans, K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POLYMERS; PRESSURE DROP; VISUALIZATION;

BAGLEY ENDS CORRECTION; BASED REMMEL-GAS-HARRISON-LEAL (RHL); FLOW KINEMATICS; POLYMER DYNAMICS;

RHEOMETERS;

EID: 35348907521     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: 15482634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.20857     Document Type: Conference Paper

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