ISSN:
0032-3888
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
A study has been made of the fiber orientation in short glass fiber-filled thermoplastics resulting from convergent, divergent and shear flows. Convergent flow results in high fiber alignment along the flow direction, whereas diverging flow causes the fibers to align at 90° to the major flow direction. Shear flow produces a decrease in alignment parallel to the flow direction and the effect is pronounced at low flow rates. Non-linear Bagley plots have been observed, under some conditions, during rheological measurements. The data are consistent with a pressure dependent viscosity.
Additional Material:
7 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pen.760201403
