Flow of branched polymer melts in a lubricated cross-slot channel: A combined computational and experimental study

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-108

  Abedijaberi, A ^a   Soulages, J ^b   Kroger M ^c   Khomami, B ^a  

^a University of Tennessee   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Differential constitutive equation; Finite element analysis; Flow modeling; Flow visualization; Polymer melt; Rheo optics

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CHANNEL FLOW; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW VISUALIZATION; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYETHYLENES; RHEOLOGY; RHEOMETERS;

EID: 58149190020     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-008-0317-9     Document Type: Article

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