Capillary extrusion flow of a fluoropolymer melt

International Journal of Material Forming

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-40

  Mitsoulis, Evan ^a   Hatzikiriakos, Savvas G ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bagley correction; Extrusion forming; FEP melt; Fluoropolymers; K BKZ constitutive equation; Non isothermal die flow; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

EXTRUSION; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; ISOTHERMS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; VISCOSITY;

BAGLEY CORRECTION; CAPILLARY EXTRUSIONS; EXTRUSION FORMING; NONISOTHERMAL; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; RHEOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURES; VISCOELASTIC EFFECTS;

VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 84874240171     PISSN: 19606206     EISSN: 19606214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12289-011-1062-7     Document Type: Article

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