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Rheometer
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TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of crack or joint length on time-dependent rock behavior was analyzed using a rock shear rheometer and a modified shear creep model was developed.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the viscoelastic properties of natural rubber compounds with different carbon black loadings and types with the use of a steady shear rheometer, namely, the Mooney viscometer, and an oscillatory RPA2000.
Abstract: Processability and viscoelastic properties of natural rubber (NR) compounds filled with different carbon black loadings and types were investigated with the use of a steady shear rheometer, namely, the Mooney viscometer, and an oscillatory rheometer, namely, the Rubber Process Analyser (RPA2000). It was found that the type and amount of carbon black strongly influence the viscoelastic properties of rubber compounds. Both the dilution effect and filler transient network are responsible for the viscoelastic properties, depending on the vulcanization state. In the case of uncured compounds, the damping factor of the uncured NR decreases with increasing black loading. This is attributed to the reduction of mobilized rubber content in the compound (or the dilution effect). However, in the case of the cured NR vulcanizates, the filler transient network is the dominant factor governing the damping factor of the vulcanizate. With increasing black loading, the damping factor of the vulcanizate clearly increases. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 97: 2197–2203, 2005
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TL;DR: In this paper, low and high-density polyethylenes were modified using dicumyl peroxide and subjected to steady and oscillatory shearing flows, and the Bueche master curve of viscosity was constructed by using a relaxation time based on the weight-average molecular weight for both virgin and modified resins.
Abstract: Low- and high-density polyethylenes were modified using dicumyl peroxide. The modified polyethylenes were subjected to steady and oscillatory shearing flows. The viscous and elastic properties determined with a cone-and-plate rheometer are correlated to the molecular weight of the materials, which was determined with the aid of size exclusion chromatographic analysis. It was found that both the melt viscosity and elasticity increase with the amount of dicumyl peroxide used, and shear-thinning behavior becomes more intense. The Bueche master curve of viscosity is constructed by using a relaxation time based on the weight-average molecular weight for both virgin and modified resins.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of polymer matrix molecular weight and filler particle size on rheological properties and extrudate distortions of metallocene polyethylene (mPE)/wood flour (WF) composites has been investigated by rotational and capillary rheometers.
Abstract: The influence of polymer matrix molecular weight and filler particle size on rheological properties and extrudate distortions of metallocene polyethylene (mPE)/wood flour (WF) composites has been investigated by rotational and capillary rheometers. It was found that at low shear rates smaller filler particles provide higher shear viscosity than the larger sized filler. At high shear rates and WF loadings above 30 wt%, the effect of particle size on the melt flow properties becomes negligible. The relative increase of the storage modulus with decreasing particle size is more pronounced in the case of low molecular weight polymer matrix than that in higher molecular weight polyethylene based composites. The wood filled polyethylenes exhibit extrudate surface defects, which are complex function of the shear rate, polymer matrix molecular weight, and filler particle size. Increasing the shear rate results in pressure oscillations and spurt-flow. It was also observed that the evolution of the extrudate surface tearing is strongly dependent on the pressure during a single pressure oscillation cycle in the spurt flow regime. POLYM. COMPOS., 2008. © 2008 Society of Plastics Engineers
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TL;DR: In this article, straight and hooked end steel fibers with different lengths and diameters were used as reinforcement in fiber volume fractions of 1.0 and 1.5% to determine the effect of the hybrid reinforcement on the plastic viscosity and shear yield stress.
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