Computer Programs for Plastics Engineers

Klein, I., Marshall, D. (Eds.), 1968. Computer Programs for Plastics Engineers, Polymer Science and Engineering Series. Reinhold Book Corporation, New York, Amsterdam, London. This book covers the following: Preface - Section 1. Computing machines, cybernetics, and systems: Alice Mary Hilton - Section 2. Problems in isothermal viscometry. Introduction: Imrich Klein and D. I. Marshall - 2.1 Characterization of polymer melt flow properties by applying Rabinowitsch and Bagley corrections to capillary viscometer data: S F Dieckmann - 2.2 Determination of apparent viscosity as a function of shear rate, temperature, and pressure from capillary data: Han J. Duvdevani and Imrich Klein - 2.3 Computation of uncorrected capillary flow curves and critical shear rate: H. P. Schreiber and S. H. Storey - 2.4 Calculation of melt viscosity of polyethylene at various temperatures: R.A. Medelson - Section 3. Problems involving viscoelastic parameters - 3.1 Viscoelastic functions from capillary flow data: R. A. Mendelson - 3.2 Exponential decay analysis of swelling ration data in capillary flow: S. H. Storey, E. B. Bagley and H. P. Schreiber - 3.3 Numerical solution of integral equations in creep and relaxation: I. L. Hopkins - 3.4 Wave correction for dynamic shear modulus and compliance: I. L. Hopkins - 3.5 Calculation of a discrete retardation spectrum from a discrete relaxation spectrum: T. W. Huseby - 3.6 Iterative calculation of relaxation spectra from relaxation data: I. L. Hopkins - 3.7 Calculation of discrete relaxation times from relaxation data: S. Matsuoka - Section 4 Non-isothermal flow between parallel plane boundaries - 4.1 Temperature and velocity distribution in fluid flow between parallel plates: R. E. Colwell - 4.2 Electric analog methods for the study of material processing: I. J. Gruntfest - Section 5 Problem in heat flow - Mathematical comparison of thermal barrier properties of various cable core insulation tapes: Alfred C. Mueller and Cutter D. Palmer - Section 6 Problems in processing - 6.1 Melting in plasticating extruders: Zehev Tadmor and Imrich Klein - 6.2 Operating characteristics of plasticating extruder: Imrich Klein and Zehev Tadmor - 6.3 Building a plastic process model: Imrich Klein - 6.4 Automatic data collection and plotting in plastic processes: Imrich Klein and Frank R. Cadic - 6.5 Channel curvature correction for pressure flow of non-newtonian fluids in screw extruders: Zehev Tadmor - 6.6 Shear Rates and flow velocities in wire covering dies: E. B. Bagley and S. H. Storey - 6.7 Design of cooling cycles for molding crystalline polymers: T. W. Huseby - Section 7 Processing of physical measurements - 7.1 Zimm plots of light scattering molecular weight measurements: Gustav Enyedy Jr and Richard Lasch - 7.2 Dielectric constant and loss factor calculation: Edward A. Collins, John A. Davidson and Charles E Jenkins - 7.3 Computation of Molecular parameters from solution viscometry: Edward A. Collins, James B. Haehn and Ida Wolff - 7.4 Simplified computation of particle size distribution using the coulter counter: Edward A. Collins and Charles E. Jenkins - 7.5 Particle size distribution using microscopy and the Zeiss TGZ-3 Particle size analyser: D. W. Montgomery and Ida Wolff - 7.6 Number average molecular weight determination by osmotic pressure: Edward A. Collins, James B. Haehn and Jan Wagner - Setion 8 Product performance test - Estimating the long-term hydrostatic strength of thermoplastic pipe: Robert L Bowles and Ida Wolff.

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