How can polymer rheology be useful to guide processing

Shi Qing Wang, P. E. Boukany, S. Ravindranath, Y. Y. Wang

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Abstract

This presentation discusses the latest developments in the field of nonlinear rheology of entangled polymeric liquids, resulting from nearly two dozens of publications from the Polymer Dynamics, Interface and Rheology Group at Akron. The essential findings are that a) entangled liquids respond to sudden startup flow elastically and undergo cohesive failure or yielding before subsequent flow is possible, b) the flow field beyond the yield point is dictated by the characteristics of the yielding process that can be strongly inhomogeneous, c) entangled liquids possess finite cohesion that can be overcome after flow cessation by internal elastic restoring forces.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication67th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers 2009, ANTEC 2009
Pages464-465
Number of pages2
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event67th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers 2009, ANTEC 2009 - Chicago, IL, United States
Duration: Jun 22 2009Jun 24 2009

Publication series

NameAnnual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings
Volume1

Conference

Conference67th Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers 2009, ANTEC 2009
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago, IL
Period06/22/0906/24/09

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