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01.04.2005 | Original Contribution
Damping function for narrow and large molecular weight polymers: comparison with the force-balanced network model
Erschienen in: Rheologica Acta | Ausgabe 4/2005
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Abstract
Shear stress and first normal stress difference relaxation data were measured for a range of shear strains using three polymers: polystyrene (PS) with narrow molecular weight distribution, PS with large polydispersity index (PI), and a commercial polyethylene, HDPE, with large PI. From these experiments a damping function, h(γ), for each polymer was determined and compared with theoretical predictions of the recent force balanced network (FBN) model proposed by Marrucci et al. [1, 2]. For comparison purposes the data were also compared with Doi and Edward [3] theory. Both models were found to overestimate the shear softening of h(γ). Nevertheless, a somewhat better description of the observed behavior was obtained with the FBN model without using any adjustable parameter.