Modelling elongational and shear rheology of two LDPE melts

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 691-697

  Rolón Garrido, Víctor Hugo ^a   Pivokonsky, Radek ^b,c   Filip, Petr ^b   Zatloukal, Martin ^c   Wagner, Manfred H ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDRODYNAMICS   (Czech Republic)

^c TOMAS BATA UNIVERSITY IN ZLIN   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Elongational flow; Low density polyethylene; MSF model; Polymer melts; Rheology; Shear flow; Strain hardening

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION RATES; ELONGATIONAL FLOW; ELONGATIONAL VISCOSITY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; MELT RHEOLOGY; MOLECULAR STRESS FUNCTIONS; MSF MODEL; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; NONLINEAR VISCOELASTIC MATERIAL; NORMAL STRESS; POLYMER CHAINS; ROTATIONAL PARAMETERS; SHEAR RHEOLOGY; STEADY SHEAR VISCOSITY; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER;

ELASTICITY; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; PLASTICITY; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; STRAIN HARDENING; THERMOPLASTICS; VISCOSITY;

POLYMER MELTS;

EID: 67549091247     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-009-0366-8     Document Type: Article

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