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Quantitative evaluation of extrudate swell from viscoelastic properties of polystyrene

✍ Scribed by J. Guillet; M. Seriai

Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Year
1991
Tongue
English
Weight
514 KB
Volume
30
Category
Article
ISSN
0035-4511

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✦ Synopsis

A theory of extrudate swell for short, intermediate or long dies is presented. In our experiment, we consider that the swelling phenomenon is mainly due to the recoverable elongational strain induced by the converging flow at the die entrance, as well as by recoverable shear strain originating within the die. From these concepts, an equation has been derived for the quantitative prediction of extrudate swell from the elastic material properties such as the entrance pressure drop, the relaxation modulus and the recoverable shear strain. Excellent agreement is found between predicted and measured values of extrudate swell obtained on commercial polystyrene melt, using capillaries of length-to-diameter ratios ranging from 1 to 20 and in a wide range of shear rates.

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