On the " viscosity overshoot" during the uniaxial extension of a low density polyethylene

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 166, Issue 19-20, 2011, Pages 1198-1209

  Burghelea, Teodor I ^a   Starý, Zdeněk ^b   Münstedt, Helmut ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Homogeneity of deformation; Uniaxial extension; Viscosity overshoot

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; POLYETHYLENES; STRAIN RATE; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

CONSTANT STRAIN RATE; ELONGATIONAL VISCOSITY; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXTENSIONAL VISCOSITY; GEOMETRIC UNIFORMITY; INTEGRAL MEASUREMENTS; UNIAXIAL DEFORMATION; UNIAXIAL EXTENSION;

VISCOSITY;

EID: 80052033499     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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