Lubricated cross-slot flow of a low density polyethylene melt

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-64

  Soulages, J ^a   Schweizer, T ^a   Venerus, D C ^a,b   Kroger M ^a   Ottinger H C ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

End effects; Flow induced birefringence; Lubrication; Numerical simulations; Particle tracking velocimetry; Pom pom models; Stagnation flow

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BIREFRINGENCE; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; GEOMETRY; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; STATISTICAL METHODS; TERNARY SYSTEMS; THERMOPLASTICS; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; TURBULENT FLOW; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

COMPLEX FLOWS; DATA ANALYSIS; ELSEVIER (CO); END EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GIESEKUS MODEL; INDUCED BIREFRINGENCE; LARGE ASPECT RATIO (LAR); LOW DENSITY; MULTIPLE ORDERS; NUMERICAL PREDICTIONS; OIL FILMS; PARTICLE TRACKING VELOCIMETRY (PTV); POLYETHYLENE MELTS; POM POM MODELS; SLOT FLOW; SLOT GEOMETRY; STAGNATION POINTS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D);

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 48949116182     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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