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A Fundamental Investigation of the Formation and Properties of Electrospun Fibers - Technical paper presenting a project aimed at developing fundamental engineering science and technologies of electrostatic fiber spinning. Authors: G.C. Rutledge and others.
A Fundamental Investigation of the Formation and Properties of Electrospun Fibers - Technical paper describing a new project with the objective of developing fundamental engineering science and technology for electrostatic fiber production. Authors: S.B. Warner and others.
A Nonlinear Instability of Viscoelastic Poiseuille Flow - Technical paper presenting qualitative and quantitative evidence of the existence of an intrinsic route towards non-linear instability of viscoelastic Poiseuille flow which is limiting the extrusion rate of polymer fibers. Authors: Volfango Bertola and others.
A Study of Spin Finish Application on a Fiber - Scientific dissertation on the understanding of wetting phenomena on cylindrically symmetrical objects, important for spin finish applications in the man-made fiber industry. Author: Eunkyoung Shim.
An Internet-Accessible Software Package for Modelling Viscoelastic Flow - Extensive article focusing on research and development of a web-based C++ software package which numerically models viscoelastic flow in polymer processing. Authors: J. Barr von Oehsen and others.
Application of Vibration Technology to Polymer Electrospinning - Technical paper describing experiments at electrospinning of polymeric fibers at a lower applied voltage by vibration technology to produce finer nanofibers, and increasing mechanical strength through reduced threshold voltage. Authors: Ji-Huan He and others.
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Biopersistence of Man-made Fibers by Animal Inhalation Experiments in Recent Reports - Study showing that the biopersistence and maximum tolerated dose are important factors for the hazard assessment of man-made fibers, in addition to fiber size, chemical composition and surface properties. Authors: Isamu Tanaka and others.
Cavitation of Polyethylene during Extrusion Processing Instabilities - Technical paper presenting observations of cavitation that occur inside a capillary die during the spinning process of polyethylene fibers. Authors: Younggon Son and Kalman B. Migler.
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Electroless Deposition of Nickel on Electrospun Fibers - Technical paper presenting the results of experimental work, combining electrospinning technology and electroless deposition techniques to prepare metal-coated conductive nonwoven fiber mats. Authors: N.J. Pinto and others.
Electrospinning and Electrically Forced Jets. I. Stability Theory - First part of a series of technical papers analysing the mechanics of the rapidly whipping fluid jet in electrospinning, developing an asymptotic approximation of the equations of electrohydrodynamics for quantitative comparisons in experiments. Authors: Michael P. Brenner and others.
Electrospinning and Electrically Forced Jets. II. Applications - Part two of a technical paper, presenting the development of a quantitative method for predicting when electrospinning occurs, based on the stability theory of the first part of this paper. Authors: Moses M. Hohman and others.
Electrospinning of Low Surface Energy Quarternary Ammonium Salt Containing Polymers and Their Antibacterial Activity - Technical paper about research into electrospinning of antibacterial agents containing perfluorinated polymers to create fibers for antifouling applications in air filtration, marine products and medicine. Authors: Kazim Acatay and others.
Electrospinning: A Whipping Fluid Jet Generates Submicron Polymer Fibers - Technical paper describing the phenomena responsible for the onset of whipping during the electrospinning process, and the behaviour of two competing instabilities; the Raleigh mode and the axisymmetric conducting mode. Authors: Y.M. Shin and others.
Elongational Flows in Polymer Processing - Doctoral theses discussing the quasilinear hyperbolic equations of melt-spinning polymeric fibers in viscous and viscoelastic flow which model the uniaxial extension of a fluid threat before its solidification. Author: Thomas Cristoph Hagen.
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In Situ Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering Experiment in Melt Spinning of High-Density Polyethylene - Technical paper reporting on an in situ experiment to determine the effect of flow on the structure formation in polymeric melt under non-isothermal conditions. Authors: Hiroki Murase and others.
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Investigation of the High Speed Spinning Process of Polyethylene Terephthalate - Technical paper presenting an experiment measuring wide-angle diffraction during high speed spinning of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) using synchroton radiation. Authors: R. Klob and others.
Melt Spinning - Report of a laboratory project in melt spinning of polymers, co-polymers and blends into fiber for yarn manufacture and nonwovens. Flow charts. Basic equations. From the Institute for Polymer Research Dresden. Authors: Prof. Dr. Roland Beyreuther and others.
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Melt-Spinning and Laser-Heated Drawing of a New Semi-Aromatic Polyamide, PA9-T Fiber - Extensive technical paper describing the manufacture of melt-spun fibers of a new semi-aromatic polyamide (PA9-T), which were subsequently drawn with a CO2 laser-heated drawing system at different draw ratios and various drawing velocities. Authors: Ahmed Jalal Uddin and others.
Methematical Models for a Rotor Spinning Process - Interim research report for a Master of Science thesis about the development of various methematical models for rotor spinning of para-aramid polymers. Author: Everdien Kolk.
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Neck Formation in Drawing Processes of Fibers - Technical paper focused on an analysis of the strain distribution during the drawing processes of polymeric fibers to enhance understanding of neck formation in the process of spinning. Authors: Kwansoo Chung and others.
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Process Optimization and Emperical Modelling Using Response Surface Methodology - Scientific paper about the modelling and optimization of the electrospinning process parameters for the spinning of regenerated nanoscale Bombyx mori silk fibers, using the response surface methodology. Authors: Sachiko Sukigara and others.
Processing, Structure and Property Studies of Submicron Fibers Produced By Electrospinning. 1 - Title page of a Doctor of Philosophy thesis on electrospinning of polymeric fibers. Author: Pankaj Gupta.
Processing, Structure and Property Studies of Submicron Fibers Produced By Electrospinning. 2 - Pankaj Gupta's introduction to his doctoral thesis about electrospinning of polymeric fibers, containing a detailed description of his work, acknowledgements and contents of the thesis.
Processing, Structure and Property Studies of Submicron Fibers Produced By Electrospinning. 3 - First chapter of Pankaj Gupta's doctoral thesis about electrospinning of polymeric fibers, providing a comprehensive introduction to the electrospinning technology and a literature review.
Processing, Structure and Property Studies of Submicron Fibers Produced By Electrospinning. 4 - Second chapter of Pankaj Gupta's doctoral thesis about electrospinning of polymeric fibers, exploring the relationships between fiber formation, viscosity, molecular weight and concentration in a solvent.
Processing, Structure and Property Studies of Submicron Fibers Produced By Electrospinning. 5 - Third chapter of Pankaj Gupta's doctoral thesis about electrospinning of polymeric fibers, focused on in-situ photocrosslinking of cinnamate functionalized poly(methyl methacrylate-CO2-hydroxy ethyl acrylate) fibers during the electrospinning process.
Processing, Structure and Property Studies of Submicron Fibers Produced By Electrospinning. 6 - Fourth chapter of Pankaj Gupta's doctoral thesis about electrospinning of polymeric fibers, presenting the results of an investigation into the creation of a flexible superparamagnetic substrate by incorporating nano-sized ferrite particles of Mn-Zn-Ni into polyester based segmented polyurethane via electrospinning.
Processing, Structure and Property Studies of Submicron Fibers Produced By Electrospinning. 7 - Fifth chapter of Pankaj Gupta's doctoral thesis about electrospinning of polymeric fibers, investigating the possibilities of manufacturing bi-component fibers.
Processing, Structure and Property Studies of Submicron Fibers Produced By Electrospinning. 8 - Sixth chapter of Pankaj Gupta's doctoral thesis about electrospinning of polymeric fibers, focusing on the examination of the effect of electrospinning on inducing charges of different polarity on two electrically dissimilar polymers, and determine the effect of three types of electrospun nonwoven web constructions on the charge retention and filtration properties of the resulting nanofibers.
Simulation of the Fiber Spinning Process - Technical paper describing a fiber model coupled with CFD calculations of the quench air flow, used to simulate the influence of process parameters to the melt spinning process. Authors: T. Goetz and others.
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Stability of Isothermal Spinning of Viscoelastic Fluids - Detailed report on an investigation of the draw resonance instability which occurs during the spinning of polymer fiber and the extrusion of polymer films, and the development of an approximate method to detirmine the measure of such instability. Authors: H.W. Jung and J.C. Hyun.
Synthetic Fibers - Study of hazardous emissions during the manufacturing processes of man-made fibers. Detailed descriptions of polymer materials, and the dry- and solvent fiber spinning technologies and processes. Glossary of terms. Tables and figures. Comprehensive list of references. From the US Environmental Protection Agency.
Texture Evolution of Sheared Liquid Chrystalline Polymers - Extensive technical paper presenting the results of a theoretical and experimental study of the textural evolution of liquid crystal polymer (LCP) systems under planar shear at high shear rates, based on computational simulation using a molecular model with distortional elasticity. Authors: G. Sgalari, L.G. Leal and E. Meiburg.
The Effects of Processing Variables on the Morphology of Electrospun Nanofibers and Textiles - Extensive technical paper evaluating the effects of spinning voltage and solution concentration on the morphology of electrospun polymeric fibers. Authors: J.M. Deitzel and others.
The Extruder as a Polymerisation Reactor for Styrene Based Polymers. Part 1 - Title page, acknowledgements and index of A. J. van der Goot's Doctoral thesis on polymer extruders for styrene based polymers.
The Extruder as a Polymerisation Reactor for Styrene Based Polymers. Part II - First chapter of A. J. van der Goot's Doctoral thesis on polymer extruders for styrene based polymers, containing an introduction to and a description of the thesis.
The Extruder as a Polymerisation Reactor for Styrene Based Polymers. Part III - Second chapter of A. J. van der Goot's Doctoral thesis on polymer extruders for styrene based polymers, focused on a theoretical description and investigation of the intermeshing counter-rotating twin screw extruder.
The Extruder as a Polymerisation Reactor for Styrene Based Polymers. Part IIII - Third chapter of A. J. van der Goot's Doctoral thesis on polymer extruders for styrene based polymers, providing an overview of the applications of polystyrene and styrene copolymers and a theoretical and experimental evaluation of the polymerisation rates.
The Extruder as a Polymerisation Reactor for Styrene Based Polymers. Part V - Fourth chapter of A. J. van der Goot's Doctoral thesis on polymer extruders for styrene based polymers, describing the copolymerisation of styrene-n-butylmethacrylate in a counter-rotating twin screw extruder.
The Extruder as a Polymerisation Reactor for Styrene Based Polymers. Part VI - Fifth chapter of A. J. van der Goot's Doctoral thesis on polymer extruders for styrene based polymers, focusing on the influence of the polymer melt viscosity on the working domain in reactive extrusion.
The Extruder as a Polymerisation Reactor for Styrene Based Polymers. Part VII - Sixth chapter of A. J. van der Goot's Doctoral thesis on polymer extruders for styrene based polymers, dealing with the rate of polymerisation on the working domain in reactive extrusion.
The Extruder as a Polymerisation Reactor for Styrene Based Polymers. Part VIII - Seventh chapter of A. J. van der Goot's Doctoral thesis on polymer extruders for styrene based polymers, describing the development of a new theory concerning reactive extrusion, resulting in a new optimisation diagram for the extruder used as a polymerisation reactor.
The Extruder as a Polymerisation Reactor for Styrene Based Polymers. Part VIIII - Eighth chapter of A. J. van der Goot's Doctoral thesis on polymer extruders for styrene based polymers, describing the possibilities of reactive extrusion for making polymer blends.
The Extruder as a Polymerisation Reactor for Styrene Based Polymers. Part X - Ninth chapter of A. J. van der Goot's Doctoral thesis on polymer extruders for styrene based polymers, outlining the conclusions concerning the theory of the extruder and the resulting product properties.
The Extruder as a Polymerisation Reactor for Styrene Based Polymers. Part XI - Tenth chapter of A. J. van der Goot's Doctoral thesis on polymer extruders for styrene based polymers, providing a Dutch language summary of the thesis.
The Extruder as a Polymerisation Reactor for Styrene Based Polymers. Part XII - Eleventh chapter of A. J. van der Goot's Doctoral thesis on polymer extruders for styrene based polymers, providing a summary of the thesis.
The Manufacture of Micro Capillary Polymer Film Extrusions - Technical paper presenting a novel method for manufacturing flat, capillary-embedded polymer extrudates such as hollow fiber by injecting gas into a convergent extrusion die. Authors: B. Hallmark and M.R. Mackley.
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Three Dimensional FEM Simulation for the Spinning of Non-Circular Fibers - Scientific article about the spinning of non-circular shaped fibers, evaluated with a three dimensional FEM simulation method. Authors: Heejae Kim and others.
Visco-Elastic Models for Fiber Spinning - Master thesis about a visco-elastic model for polymer fiber spinning, the development of simulation software based on the model, and an analyzation of the effects of elasticity, air drag, gravity, cooling and viscosity changes on the spinning process. Author: Anna Choumilina.
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