Continuous lubricated squeezing flow: A novel technique for equibiaxial elongational viscosity measurements on polymer melts

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1083-1095

  Venerus, D C ^a   Shiu, T Y ^a   Kashyap, T ^a   Hosttetler, J ^b  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Axial elongation; Lubricated squeezing flow; Rheometry

Indexed keywords

AXIAL ELONGATION; ELONGATIONAL VISCOSITY; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; LOW VISCOSITY FLUIDS; LUBRICANT FILMS; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; PARALLEL PLATES; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; RHEOMETRY; SMALL STRAINS; SQUEEZING FLOW; UNIFORM FLOW; VISCOUS FLUIDS;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELONGATION; LUBRICATION; PARALLEL FLOW; POROUS PLATES; RHEOLOGY; RHEOMETERS; STRAIN RATE; VISCOSITY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

POLYMER MELTS;

EID: 77956794181     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.3474599     Document Type: Article

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