Investigation of the rheological properties of short glass fiber-filled polypropylene in extensional flow

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-72

  Férec, Julien ^a,c   Heuzey, Marie Claude ^a   Pérez González, José ^b   de Vargas, Lourdes ^b   Ausias, Gilles ^c   Carreau, Pierre J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Constitutive equation; Elongational viscosity; Fiber suspensions; Fiber filled thermoplastics

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION; GLASS FIBERS; POLYPROPYLENES; RHEOLOGY; RHEOMETERS; STRAIN; TENSILE TESTING; THERMOPLASTICS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 58149178744     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-008-0309-9     Document Type: Article

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