On the burst of branched polymer melts during inflation

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-157

  Rasmussen, Henrik Koblitz ^a   Yu, Kaijia ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Finite element; Inflation; Lagrangian; Polymer melt; Viscoelastic

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR CYLINDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; ELONGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDRODYNAMICS; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; POLYMER MELTS; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 41149100769     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-007-0222-7     Document Type: Article

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