Flow balancing in die design of wood flour/HDPE composite extrusion profiles with consideration of rheological effect

Polymer Engineering and Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 543-549

  Zolfaghari, A ^a   Behravesh, A H ^a   Shakouri, E ^a   Soury, E ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIES; EXTRUSION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

COMPOSITE EXTRUSIONS; DIE DESIGN; FLOW BALANCE; FLOW BALANCING; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE COMPOSITES; HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; RHEOLOGICAL EFFECT; WALL THICKNESS; WOOD FLOUR; WOOD FLOUR CONTENTS;

HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES;

COMPOSITES; DIES; EXTRUSION; RHEOLOGY; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 76949086609     PISSN: 00323888     EISSN: 15482634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pen.21567     Document Type: Article

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