Transient overshoot extensional rheology of long-chain branched polyethylenes: Experimental and numerical comparisons between filament stretching and cross-slot flow

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 293-313

  Hoyle, D M ^a,c   Huang, Q ^b   Auhl, D ^c,e   Hassell, D ^d,f   Rasmussen, H K ^b   Skov, A L ^b   Harlen, O G ^c   Hassager, O ^c   McLeish, T C B ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^f FACULTY OF ENGINEERING   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Extensional rheology; Long chain branching; Polymer melts; Pompom model

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FEEDBACK; BRANCHED MATERIALS; BRANCHED POLYETHYLENES; CENTRE LINE; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; EXTENSIONAL RHEOLOGY; EXTENSIONAL VISCOSITY; FILAMENT STRETCHING; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; IMPOSED STRAINS; LONG CHAIN BRANCHING; NUMERICAL COMPARISON; OPERATING REGIMES; OPTICAL BIREFRINGENCE; POM-POM MODELS; STAGNATION-POINT FLOW; WORK ANALYSIS;

ELASTICITY; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMER MELTS; RHEOLOGY; STRAIN RATE; VISCOSITY;

RHEOMETERS;

EID: 84870980853     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.4767982     Document Type: Article

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