Polymer Melt Fracture (Hardcover)

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