Evaluation of molecular linear viscoelastic models for polydisperse H polybutadienes

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1341-1373

  Li, Si Wan ^a   Park, Heon E ^a   Dealy, John M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

H shaped; Modeling; PBD; Rheology; Sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

H-SHAPED; LINEAR VISCOELASTIC; MODEL PARAMETERS; MODEL PREDICTION; MOLECULAR MODELS; MONODISPERSE; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; PBD; PLATEAU MODULI; POLYDISPERSES; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT INTERACTION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR MODELING; POLYBUTADIENES; POLYDISPERSITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 80054052521     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.3635384     Document Type: Article

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