Extrudate swell behavior of engineering plastics reinforced with glass fibers

Rahmi Yazici, Alan Wagner, Dilhan M. Kalyon, Sang Beom Han

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Abstract

The time and shear rate dependent extrudate swell behavior of a blow molding grade Nylon 6 incorporated with glass fibers was investigated under isothermal conditions where gravity effects were absent. The extrudate reached its equilibrium swell value immediately upon exit from the capillary and the swell behavior was not significantly affected by the shear rate in the capillary. Microstructural analysis revealed the presence of a skin layer with a high degree of fiber orientation in the flow direction and a matrix-rich core zone with a lower than expected fiber packing density.

Original languageEnglish
Pages1172-1174
Number of pages3
StatePublished - 1994
EventProceedings of the 52nd Annual Technical Conference ANTEC 94. Part 1 (of 3) - San Francisco, CA, USA
Duration: 1 May 19945 May 1994

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the 52nd Annual Technical Conference ANTEC 94. Part 1 (of 3)
CitySan Francisco, CA, USA
Period1/05/945/05/94

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