Extensional viscosity in uniaxial extension and contraction flow—Comparison of experimental methods and application of the molecular stress function model
✍ Scribed by Johanna Aho; Víctor H. Rolón-Garrido; Seppo Syrjälä; Manfred H. Wagner
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 480 KB
- Volume
- 165
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0377-0257
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✦ Synopsis
Extensional viscosity of a low-density polyethylene was measured at three temperatures in uniaxial extension by Sentmanat Extension Rheometer, and in contraction flow using the Cogswell analysis. The molecular stress function model was applied to describe the experimental results. The achieved maximum values from uniaxial transient tests were in accordance with the ones obtained by Cogswell method at similar strain level, and the molecular stress function model was able to describe the experimental transient uniaxial extensional data. The steady-state extensional viscosity was not reached in the experiments.