Instabilities and multiplicities in non-isothermal blown film extrusion including the effects of crystallization

Journal of Process Control

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 405-414

  Pirkle Jr , J Carl ^a   Braatz, Richard D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential algebraic equations; Distributed parameter systems; Nonlinear dynamics; Polymer film extrusion; Polymer processes; Stability analysis

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER SYSTEMS; NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; POLYMER FILM EXTRUSION; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

ALGEBRA; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DYNAMICS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; EXTRUSION; HEAT TRANSFER; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; RHEOLOGY; SYSTEM STABILITY;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 79952573774     PISSN: 09591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jprocont.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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