Comparative investigations of surface instabilities (" sharkskin" ) of a linear and a long-chain branched polyethylene

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 165, Issue 19-20, 2010, Pages 1093-1104

  Burghelea, Teodor I ^a   Griess, Hans Jürgen ^a   Münstedt, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Linear low density polyethylene; Low density polyethylene; Melt strength; Sharkskin; Stress distribution; Velocity gradients

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY; MELT STRENGTH; SHARKSKIN; STRESS DISTRIBUTION; VELOCITY GRADIENTS;

DIES; EXPERIMENTS; EXTRUSION; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; STABILITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE STRESS; TERNARY SYSTEMS; THERMOPLASTICS; VELOCITY;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 79959266212     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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