Studying the origin of "strain hardening": Basic difference between extension and shear

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 89-104

  Liu, Gengxin ^a   Sun, Hao ^a   Rangou, Sofia ^b   Ntetsikas, Konstantinos ^b   Avgeropoulos, Apostolos ^b   Wang, Shi Qing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Geometric condensation; Kinematic difference between shear and extension; Linear and long chain branching; Strain hardening; Strain softening; Yielding in melt extension

Indexed keywords

CAUCHY STRESS; CHAIN DISENTANGLEMENT; ENTANGLEMENT NETWORKS; EXTENSIONAL VISCOSITY; FINITE RATE; LINEAR CHAIN; LONG CHAIN BRANCHING; MELT EXTENSION; SIMPLE SHEAR; TRANSIENT STRESS RESPONSE; UNIAXIAL EXTENSION; WORK STUDY;

CONDENSATION; KINEMATICS; POLYMER MELTS; STRAIN HARDENING; VISCOSITY;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 84871012356     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.4763568     Document Type: Article

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