Principles of Polymer Processing

ContentsPrefaceNotation1 Introduction1.1 Polymeric Materials1.2 Polymer Processing1.3 Analysis of Polymer Processes1.4 Scope of the Book2 Introduction to the Main Polymer Processes2.1 Screw Extrusion2.2 Injection Moulding2.3 Blow Moulding2.4 Calendering2.5 Other Processes2.6 Effects of Processing3 Processing Properties of Polymers3.1 Melting and Thermal Properties of Polymers3.2 Viscous Properties of Polymer Melts3.3 Methods of Measuring Melt Viscosities3.4 Elastic Properties of Polymer Melts3.5 Temperature and Pressure Dependence of Melt Properties3.6 Processing Properties of Solid Polymers4 Fundamentals of Polymer Melt Flow4.1 Tensor Notation4.2 Continuum Mechanics Equations4.3 Constitutive Equations4.4 Boundary Conditions4.5 Dimensional Analysis of Melt Flows4.6 The Lubrication Approximation4.7 Mixing in Melt Flows5 Some Melt Flow Processes5.1 Some Simple Extrusion Dies5.2 Narrow Channel Flows in Dies and Crossheads5.3 Applications to Die Design5.4 Calendering5.5 Melt Flow in an Intensely Sheared Thin Film6 Screw Extrusion6.1 Melt Flow in Screw Extruders6.2 Solids Conveying in Extruders6.3 Melting in Extruders6.4 Power Consumption in Extruders6.5 Mixing in Extruders6.6 Surging in Extruders6.7 Over-all Performance and Design of Extruders7 Injection Moulding7.1 Reciprocating Screw Plastication7.2 Melt Flow in Injection Nozzles7.3 Flow and Heat Transfer in MouldsAppendix A Finite Element Analysis of Narrow Channel FlowAppendix B Solution of the Screw Channel Developing Melt Flow EquationsAppendix C Solution of the Melting Model EquationsFurther ReadingIndex