Abstract: | The determination of the swell factor of a polymer jet extruded from a cylindrical or flat die is examined. Relations are obtained for the dependence of the swell factor on shear rate and shear stress, expressed in terms of the constants of the rheological model.Scientific Research Institute of Plastics, Moscow. Kiev Polytechnic Institute. Translated from Mekhanika Polimerov, No. 3, pp. 487–492, May–June, 1976. |