A. Goublomme et Mj. Crochet, NUMERICAL PREDICTION OF EXTRUDATE SWELL OF A HIGH-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE - FURTHER RESULTS, Journal of non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, 47, 1993, pp. 281-287
We investigate the effect of temperature and of the second normal stre
ss difference on the extrudate swell of a high-density polyethylene at
high shear rates with the use of a Wagner model. We find that the flo
w is indeed non-isothermal but that temperature has little effect upon
the swelling ratio. However, the second normal stress difference prod
uces major effects on the swelling ratio. We conclude that any realist
ic prediction of extrudate swelling requires an accurate measurement o
f the second normal stress difference.