Rheology for Polymer Melt Processing

This volume presents the main results obtained by different laboratories involved in the research group "Rheology for polymer melt processing" which is associated with French universities, schools of engineering and the CNRS (Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique - France). The group comprises some 15 research laboratories of varied disciplines (chemistry, physics, material sciences, mechanics and mathematics), but with a common challenge: to enhance the understanding of the relationships between macromolecular species, their rheology and their processing. Issues of polymer science addressed include: correlation of viscoelastic macroscopic bulk property measurements and models; slip at the wall; extrusion defects; correlation between numerical flow simulations and experiments.