Shear and normal stress relaxation in polymer blends: Stress predictions from interface velocity and Laplace pressure terms

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 797-805

  Okamoto, Kenzo ^a,b   Takahashi, Masaoki ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Interface velocity; Normal stress difference; Polymer blend; Stress relaxation; Viscosity ratio

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DROPS; LAPLACE EQUATION; NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS; POLYMER BLENDS; SHEAR STRAIN; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS RELAXATION; TENSORS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 48749084279     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-008-0279-y     Document Type: Article

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