From linear viscoelasticity to elongational flow of polydisperse linear and branched polymer melts: The hierarchical multi-mode molecular stress function model

Polymer ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 104 ◽  
pp. 204-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esmaeil Narimissa ◽  
Manfred H. Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Linear Viscoelasticity ◽  
Stress Function ◽  
Polymer Melts ◽  
Elongational Flow ◽  
Function Model ◽  
Branched Polymer ◽  
Molecular Stress Function ◽  
Multi Mode

A hierarchical multi-mode MSF model for long-chain branched polymer melts part I: elongational flow

2015 ◽  
Vol 54 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 779-791 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esmaeil Narimissa ◽  
Víctor H. Rolón-Garrido ◽  
Manfred H. Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Polymer Melts ◽  
Elongational Flow ◽  
Branched Polymer ◽  
Multi Mode ◽  
Msf Model ◽  
Long Chain

scholarly journals Modelling of Elongational Flow of HDPE Melts by Hierarchical Multi-Mode Molecular Stress Function Model

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 3217
Author(s):  
Leslie Poh ◽  
Esmaeil Narimissa ◽  
Manfred H. Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Stress Function ◽  
High Density Polyethylene ◽  
High Density ◽  
Molecular Characteristics ◽  
Chain Branching ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Long Chain Branching ◽  
Molecular Stress Function ◽  
Multi Mode ◽  
Long Chain

The transient elongational data set obtained by filament-stretching rheometry of four commercial high-density polyethylene (HDPE) melts with different molecular characteristics was reported by Morelly and Alvarez [Rheologica Acta 59, 797–807 (2020)]. We use the Hierarchical Multi-mode Molecular Stress Function (HMMSF) model of Narimissa and Wagner [Rheol. Acta 54, 779–791 (2015), and J. Rheology 60, 625–636 (2016)] for linear and long-chain branched (LCB) polymer melts to analyze the extensional rheological behavior of the four HDPEs with different polydispersity and long-chain branching content. Model predictions based solely on the linear-viscoelastic spectrum and a single nonlinear parameter, the dilution modulus GD for extensional flows reveals good agreement with elongational stress growth data. The relationship of dilution modulus GD to molecular characteristics (e.g., polydispersity index (PDI), long-chain branching index (LCBI), disengagement time τd) of the high-density polyethylene melts are presented in this paper. A new measure of the maximum strain hardening factor (MSHF) is proposed, which allows separation of the effects of orientation and chain stretching.

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