Shear and extensional rheology of polypropylene melts: Experimental and modeling studies

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-126

  Doufas, Antonios K ^a   Rice, Leon ^a   Thurston, William ^a  

^a Braskem America Technology and Innovation   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutive equation; Modeling; Modified Giesekus; Polypropylene; Rheotens; Shear flow

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX POLYMERS; CROSS-OVER FREQUENCIES; EXTENSIONAL RHEOLOGY; FLOW PROPERTIES; FORCE CURVE; HIGH SHEAR RATE; LINEAR VISCOELASTICITY; LOW FREQUENCY; MELT STRENGTH; MODEL PREDICTION; MODELING; MODELING STUDIES; MODIFIED GIESEKUS; MOLECULAR PARAMETERS; MULTIMODES; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; NON-LINEAR; NON-LINEAR CORRELATIONS; NONISOTHERMAL FLOWS; NORMAL STRESS; OSCILLATORY SHEAR; POLYPROPYLENE MELTS; PROCESSING CONDITION; RHEOLOGICAL PARAMETER; RHEOLOGICAL TEST; RHEOTENS; SHEAR-RATE; STEADY SHEAR; STEADY SHEAR VISCOSITY; TURNING POINTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FORECASTING; POLYPROPYLENES; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRENGTH; THERMOPLASTICS; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS;

EID: 78650767637     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.3523626     Document Type: Article

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