This article gives a review of the entanglement dynamics of flexible polymer chains from
theoretical and experimental points of view. The global motion of the entangled chains …

The issue of whether extensional viscosity is a concept that causes more confusion than
enlightenment is addressed. This author's view is that misuse of the concept certainly has …

A book of 420 pages with the simple title Rheology, written in 2006, that's intriguing! After an
introduction and a literature survey (citing many of the classical works on fluid mechanics …

This new edition of a bestseller incorporates recent developments and advances in
thermoplastics with regard to materials development, processing, properties, and …

Polymeric Liquids & Networks: Dynamics and Rheology is the second part of a two-volume
treatise serving as a status report on a broad area of polymer science research. It represents …

This monograph presents theoretical and experimental studies of flows of elastic liquids.
Falling into this category are particularly the melts and concentrated solutions of such …

Abstract By generalizing the Doi-Edwards model to the Molecular Stress Function theory of
Wagner and Schaeffer, the extensional viscosities of polyolefin melts in uniaxial, equibiaxial …

The molecular stress function theory for polymer melts is extended to include a new,
dissipative convective constraint release process. First the Helmholtz free energy of tube …

Abstract Semi-dilute (c^∗<c<c_\rme) as well as concentrated, entangled (c> ce) solutions of
PEO yield uniformly thinning, cylindrical filaments in capillary breakup extensional …

The rheological response of polyisobutylene (PIB) solutions in Decalin and a related
standard fluid S1 has been characterized in dynamic oscillatory flow, step strain, step-shear …