Analysis of flow data on molten polymers

@article{citeulike:2808559, abstract = {On the basic assumption that viscosity is a continuous function of shear rate it is deduced that any non-Newtonian fluid should conform to a flow equation of the form where [eta] is the viscosity at shear rate D, [eta]0 and [eta][infinity] are limiting values at respectively zero and infinite rate of shear, and [alpha] is a constant. With a value of 2/3 for the index [eta] the equation is applied successfully to published data on both polystyrene and polyethylene melts. An analysis by Bingham(I) in which the non-Newtonian flow of polymer melts is attributed solely to elasticity is shown to be inadequate.}, author = {Cross, M. M. }, citeulike-article-id = {2808559}, doi = {10.1016/0014-3057(66)90050-4}, journal = {European Polymer Journal}, keywords = {cross\_model}, month = {August}, number = {3}, pages = {299--307}, posted-at = {2008-05-18 06:01:16}, priority = {2}, title = {Analysis of flow data on molten polymers}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0014-3057(66)90050-4}, volume = {2}, year = {1966} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2808559 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2808559 TI - Analysis of flow data on molten polymers JF - European Polymer Journal VL - 2 IS - 3 SP - 299 EP - 307 N2 - On the basic assumption that viscosity is a continuous function of shear rate it is deduced that any non-Newtonian fluid should conform to a flow equation of the form where [eta] is the viscosity at shear rate D, [eta]0 and [eta][infinity] are limiting values at respectively zero and infinite rate of shear, and [alpha] is a constant. With a value of 2/3 for the index [eta] the equation is applied successfully to published data on both polystyrene and polyethylene melts. An analysis by Bingham(I) in which the non-Newtonian flow of polymer melts is attributed solely to elasticity is shown to be inadequate. KW - cross_model AU - Cross, MM PY - 1966/08// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0014-3057(66)90050-4 ER -