The effect of viscoelasticity on stress fields within polyethylene melt flow for a cross-slot and contraction-expansion slit geometry

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 821-834

  Hassell, D G ^a   Auhl, D ^b   McLeish, T C B ^b   Mackley, Malcolm R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Flow modeling; Polyethylene; Viscoelastic fluid

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; POLYETHYLENES; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRAIN; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 48749120123     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-008-0261-8     Document Type: Article

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