Rheological Fundamentals of Polymer Processing

Preface. The basic equations of non-Newtonian fluid mechanics; R.N. Jones, K. Walters. Micro-rehological modelling; G. Marrucci. Linear viscoelasticity: the search for patterns in the relaxation of polymer melts and gels; H.H. Winter, J. Jackson. Temperature behaviour of the viscoelastic material functions in polymers; A.C. Diogo. The rheology of multiphase systems; L.A. Utracki. Rheological measurements: oscillatory, rotational, and pressure flows; G. Marin. Getting spectra from experimental data; A.C. Diogo. Application of rheology to polymer processing; J. Ferguson. Polymer processing modelling - approximation methods; J.F. Agassant, et al. Computer modeling of viscoelastic flow; V. Legat. Modeling and optimization of single screw extrusion for thermoplastics; J.F. Agassant, et al. Distributive mixing in extruders; D.I. Bigio. Coextrusion of polymer melts; A. Karagiannis, et al. Injection moulding of thermoplastic polymers; M. Vincent. Simulation of thermoforming and blowmolding - theory and experiments; M.O. Ghafur, et al. The inverse problem in polymer processing; J.A. Covas. Numerical practice in polymer processing; D.I. Bigio, M. Vincent. Kinetics of shear induced crystallization; H. Janeschitz-Kriegl. Polymer crystallization under process conditions; H. Janeschitz-Kriegl. Reactive extrusion: a new tool for the diversification of polymeric materials; M. Lambla. Subject index.