Flow-induced nucleation in polymer melts: A study of the GO model for pure and bimodal blends, under shear and extensional flow

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 271-286

  Jolley, Kenny ^a   Graham, Richard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constitutive equation; Crystallisation; Polymer melt; Shear flow; Stochastic simulation; Tube model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876427564     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-012-0663-5     Document Type: Article

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