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Capillary thinning of polymeric filaments

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Abstract

The capillary thinning of a polymeric filament is analysed experimentally as well as by means of numerical simulation. The experimental procedure is as follows. Initially a liquid sample is kept between two cylindrical plates. Then the bottom plate is lowered under gravity to yield a given strain. Thereby the sample is stretched into a filament. Provided the filament is sufficiently long, surface tension will induce a thinningof the filament until breakage in finite time.This experiment was originally deviced by Bazilevsky et al. (1990). For the numerical simulations we employ a Lagrangian finite element technique. This method has previously been used in simulations of the transient filament stretching rheometer (Kolte et al., 1997).
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the Fifth European Rheology Conference
Place of PublicationDarmstadt
PublisherSteinkopff Verlag
Publication date1998
Pages361-362
Publication statusPublished - 1998
Event5th European Rheology Conference - Portoroz, Slovenia
Duration: 6 Sept 199811 Sept 1998
Conference number: 5

Conference

Conference5th European Rheology Conference
Number5
Country/TerritorySlovenia
CityPortoroz
Period06/09/199811/09/1998

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