Polymer melt fracture

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Koopmans, Rudy
Other Authors Doelder, Jaap den, Molenaar, Jaap
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2010.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781420018288
1420018280
9781628706550
1628706554
9781574447804
1574447807
Physical Description1 online resource (341 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Polymer Melt Fracture Pictures; Optical Microscopy; Scanning Electron Microscopy; ; Polymer Characteristics; Polymers; Polymer Characterization; General Observation; ; Polymer Rheology; Continuum Mechanics; Scalars, Vectors, and Tensors; Stress Tensor; Strain Tensors; Equations of Motion; Constitutive Equations; General Observation; ; Polymer Processing ; Extrusion; Injection Molding; Rotational Molding; Calendering; General Observation; ; Melt Fracture Experiments; Constant-Pressure and Constant-Rate Experiments; Flow Visualization; Critical Numbers; Melt Fracture Observation; Change of Slope; Wall Slip; Compressibility; General Observation; ; Melt Fracture Variables; Polymer Architecture; Polymer-Processing Variables; General Observation; ; Understanding Melt Fracture; Melt Fracture Mechanisms; The Constitutive Approach; General Understanding; General Observation; ; Advanced Polymer Rheology; Molar Mass, Zero-Shear Viscosity, and Recoverable; Compliance; Continuous Models and Frame Invariance; Microscopic Models; Molar Mass Distribution and Linear Viscoelasticity; General Observation; ; Modeling Melt Fracture; The Relaxation-Oscillation Model; Coupling RO and Constitutive Equations; Slip-Boundary Conditions; A Rheological Model Including Wall Slip; Bulk and Interfacial Viscosity Balance for Different Polymers; Flow Curve and Melt Fracture Relation; General Observation; ; Preventing Melt Fracture ; Additives; Extruder and Processing Conditions; Dealing with Melt Fracture; General Observation; ; Index;