A network model with free-strand dynamics for polymer melts |
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Authors: | Maria Seimenis Lewis E. Wedgewood |
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Affiliation: | (1) University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Chemical Engineering 810 S. Clinton Street Chicago, Illinois 60607-7000, USA e-mail: wedge@uic.edu, US |
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Abstract: | A network model for polymer melts is presented in which disentangled strands relax under flow conditions and may rejoin the network before complete relaxation. For simplicity, we study Gaussian strands that move affinely when incorporated in the network. Network strands are created and lost according to a time constant λ. Free strands have their dynamics given by the Bird-DeAguiar model as a crude representation of reptation and the hindered rotation experienced by polymer strands in melts. The model yields a shear-thinning viscosity with overshoot in the start-up viscosity η+ (t). The double-step strain results compare well with available experimental data. Received: 10 July 2000 Accepted: 10 July 2001 |
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Keywords: | Network theory Free-strand dynamics Polymer melts Double step-strain Bird-DeAguiar model |
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