Rheology Applied in Polymer Processing

Cover — Half Title — Title Page — Copyright Page — Preface — Table of Contents — 1. Introduction — 1.1 Liquid Polymer Processing — 1.2 Solid Polymers/Rubbers Processing — 1.2.1 Mixing — 1.2.2 Calendering — 1.2.3 Extrusion — 1.2.4 Moulding — 1.3 Why Rheology — References — 2. Rheological Principles — 2.1 Historical Background — 2.2 Rheological Parameters — 2.2.1 Stresses — 2.2.2 Strains — 2.2.3 Rate of Strain or Rate of Shear — 2.3 Relationship Between the Rheological Parameters — 2.4 Rheological Systems — 2.4.1 Purely Elastic Behaviour — 2.4.2 Yield Energy — 2.4.3 Toughness — 2.5 Purely Viscous Behaviour — 2.5.1 Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Fluids — 2.5.2 Time Independent Non-Newtonian Fluids — 2.5.3 Pseudoplastic Fluids — 2.5.4 Dilatant Fluids — 2.5.5 Bingham Plastic Fluids — 2.5.6 Viscoplastic Fluid — 2.6 Time Dependent Fluids — 2.7 Viscoelastic Fluids — 2.7.1 Normal Stress Difference and the Weissenberg Effect — 2.8 Rheological or Constitutive Equations — 2.8.1 Two-Parameter Models — 2.8.2 Three-Parameter Models — 2.8.3 Four-Parameter Models — 2.8.4 Generalized Rheological Correlations — 2.8.5 Polynomial Rheological Relations — 2.8.6 Equation for Filled Styrene Butadiene Rubber — 2.9 Rheology Software — Problems — References — 3. Fluid Flow Analysis — 3.1 Laminar Flow Through Circular Cross Section — 3.2 Flow Analysis Using Rheological Models — 3.2.1 Power Law Model — 3.2.2 Ellis Fluids — 3.2.3 Binghamplastic Fluids — 3.2.4 Viscoplastic Fluids — 3.3 Pressure Drop-Volumetric Flow Rate Relationship — 3.3.1 Estimation of True Power Law Constants — 3.3.2 Energy Losses and Bagley’s Correction — 3.3.3 Estimation of Bagley Correction Factor — 3.4 The Wall Slip — 3.4.1 Estimation of the Wall Slip Velocity — 3.5 Flow between the Parallel Plates — 3.6 Flow Through an Annulus.