Steady extrusion of viscoelastic materials from an annular die

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 154, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 136-152

  Karapetsas, George ^a   Tsamopoulos, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Annular flow; Free surface flows; Polymer extrusion; Viscoelastic fluids

Indexed keywords

BEAMS AND GIRDERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; DIES; ELASTICITY; EXTRUSION; FORMING; HYDRODYNAMICS; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; MESH GENERATION; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL BISTABILITY; RESINS; SHEAR FLOW; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS; SURFACES; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

ANNULAR FLOW; DISCRETIZATION; ELASTIC STRESSES; EXPONENTIAL FORM; EXTRUDATE; FREE SURFACE FLOWS; FREE SURFACES; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; JACOBIAN; LARGE DEFORMATIONS; LINEAR STABILITY; MESH-GENERATION SCHEME; MIXED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NEWTONIAN; NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS; PARAMETRIC ANALYSES; PETROV-GALERKIN; POLYMER EXTRUSION; PTT MODEL; RATE OF INCREASE; SHEAR THINNING; SOLUTION METHODS; SOLVENT VISCOSITY; SPLITTING TECHNIQUES; STEADY-STATE SOLUTIONS; STRESS TENSORS; SWELLING RATIOS; VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIORS; VISCOELASTIC FLUIDS; VISCOELASTIC MATERIALS; VISCOUS STRESSES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 50149088786     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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