Polymer processing: principles and design

Emphasizing fundamental concepts that allow a student, novice, or practicing engineer to carry out practical design decisions, Polymer Processing: Principles and Design provides the numerical methods required to solve the equations using a computer and easy-to-use IMSL numerical subroutines, ensuring a solid foundation in the principles underlying the design of polymer processing techniques. Presenting the background required to design processes for thermoplastics, this thoroughly updated second edition adds a ""Green Engineering"" component and a CD with numerical subroutines guidance

Includes index.

1. Importance of Process Design -- 1.1. Classification of Polymer Processes -- 1.2. Film Blowing: Case Study -- 1.3. Basics of Polymer Process Design -- References -- 2. Isothermal Flow of Purely Viscous Non-Newtonian Fluids -- Design Problem I Design of a Blow Molding Die -- 2.1. Viscous Behavior of Polymer Melts -- 2.2. One-Dimensional Isothermal Flows -- 2.2.1. Flow Through an Annular Die -- 2.2.2. Flow in a Wire Coating Die -- 2.3. Equations of Change for Isothermal Systems -- 2.4. Useful Approximations -- 2.5. Solution to Design Problem I -- 2.5.1. Lubrication Approximation Solution -- 2.5.2.Computer Solution -- Problems -- References -- 3. Viscoelastic Response of Polymeric Fluids and Fiber Suspensions -- Design Problem II Design of a Parison Die for a Viscoelastic Fluid -- 3.1. Material Functions for Viscoelastic Fluids -- 3.1.1. Kinematics -- 3.1.2. Stress Tensor Components -- 3.1.3. Material Functions for Shear Flow.

3.1.4. Shear-Free Flow Material Functions -- 3.2. Nonlinear Constitutive Equations -- 3.2.1. Description of Several Models -- 3.2.2. Fiber Suspensions -- 3.3. Rheometry -- 3.3.1. Shear Flow Measurements -- 3.3.2. Shear-Free Flow Measurements -- 3.4. Useful R…