A constitutive analysis of transient and steady-state elongational viscosities of bidisperse polystyrene blends

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-86

  Wagner, Manfred H ^a   Rolón Garrido, Victor H ^a   Nielsen, Jens Kromann ^b   Rasmussen, Henrik K ^b   Hassager, Ole ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chain stretch; Constitutive equation; Interchain pressure; Molecular stress function; Polymer melt; Tube diameter relaxation time

Indexed keywords

CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; DISPERSIONS; MOLAR MASS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMER MELTS; POLYSTYRENES; VISCOSITY;

CHAIN STRETCH; INTERCHAIN PRESSURE; MOLECULAR STRESS FUNCTION; TUBE DIAMETER RELAXATION TIME;

POLYMER BLENDS;

EID: 37849042177     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.2807442     Document Type: Article

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