Polymer processing : principles and modeling

Engineering of polymers is not an easy exercise: with evolving technology, it often involves complex concepts and processes. This book provides the theoretical essentials: understanding of processes, a basis for the use of design software, and much more.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Agassant, J.-F
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Munich : Cincinnati : Hanser Publishers ; Hanser Publications, 2017.
Edition2nd edition.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781569906064
1569906068
9781569906057
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • 1.1.4 Problems
  • 1.1.4.1 Analysis of Simple Shear Flow
  • 1.1.4.2 Study of Several Simple Shear Flows
  • 1.1.4.2.1 Flow between Parallel Plates (Figure 1.6)
  • 1.1.4.2.2 Flow in a Circular Tube (Figure 1.7)
  • 1.1.4.2.3 Flow between Two Parallel Disks
  • 1.1.4.2.4 Flow between a Cone and a Plate
  • 1.1.4.2.5 Couette Flow
  • 1.1.4.3 Pure Elongational Flow
  • 1.1.4.3.1 Simple Elongation
  • 1.1.4.3.2 Biaxial Stretching: Bubble Inflation
  • 1.2 Stresses and Force Balances
  • 1.2.1 Stress Tensor
  • 1.2.1.1 Phenomenological Definitions
  • 1.2.1.1.1 Extension (or Compression) (Figure 1.13)
  • 1.2.1.1.2 Simple Shear (Figure 1.14)
  • 1.2.1.2 Stress Vector
  • 1.2.1.3 Stress Tensor
  • 1.2.1.4 Isotropic Stress or Hydrostatic Pressure
  • 1.2.1.5 Deviatoric Stress Tensor
  • 1.2.2 Equation of Motion
  • 1.2.2.1 Force Balances
  • 1.2.2.2 Torque Balances
  • 1.2.3 Problems
  • 1.2.3.1 Shear Stress at the Surface of a Tube
  • 1.2.3.2 Stresses in a Shell
  • 1.3 General Equations of Mechanics
  • 1.3.1 General Case
  • 1.3.2 Incompressibility
  • 1.3.3 Planar Flow
  • 1.3.4 Problem: Stress Tensor in Simple Shear Flow
  • 1.4 Appendices
  • 1.4.1 Appendix 1: Basic Formulae
  • 1.4.1.1 Cylindrical Coordinates
  • 1.4.1.2 Spherical Coordinates
  • 1.4.2 Appendix 2: Invariants of a Tensor
  • 1.4.2.1 Definitions
  • 1.4.2.2 Invariants Used in Fluid Mechanics
  • References
  • 2 Rheological Behavior of Molten Polymers
  • 2.1 Viscosity: Equations for Newtonian Fluids
  • 2.1.1 Basic Experiment of Newtonian Behavior
  • 2.1.1.1 Phenomenological Definition of Newton (1713)
  • 2.1.1.2 Experiment of Trouton: Concept of Elongational Viscosity
  • 2.1.2 Generalization to Three Dimensions
  • 2.1.2.1 Constitutive Equation
  • 2.1.2.2 Simple Shear Flow
  • 2.1.2.3 Uniaxial Extensional Flow
  • 2.1.3 Magnitudes of the Forces Involved
  • 2.1.3.1 Units of Viscosity and Orders of Magnitude
  • 2.1.3.2 Reynolds Number
  • 2.1.3.3 Effect of Gravity
  • 2.1.4 Navier-Stokes Equations
  • 2.1.5 Problems
  • 2.1.5.1 Simple Shear Flow
  • 2.1.5.2 Planar Pressure Flow
  • 2.1.5.3 Superposition of a Simple Shear Flow and a Planar Pressure Flow
  • 2.1.5.4 Pressure Flow in a Tube
  • 2.1.5.5 Simple Shear between Two Parallel Disks
  • 2.1.5.6 Couette Flow
  • 2.1.5.7 Flow in a Dihedron
  • 2.1.5.8 Flow in a Cone