Numerical prediction of extrudate swell of branched polymer melts

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 657-676

  Russo, Giancarlo ^a   Phillips, Timothy N ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Branched polymers; Extrudate swell; Free surface; Spectral element method; XPP model

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953082193     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-009-0426-0     Document Type: Article

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