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From stress-strain experiments in extensional and shearing flows, nonlinear strain measures and effective damping functions are derived for a polyisobutylene melt. The strain measures determined in planar extensional flow and in simple shear flow coincide. Experimental results are compared with predictions of two molecular theories, the Doi-Edwards model and the molecular stress function approach of Wagner and Schaeffer. Discrepancies between theories and experiment lead to a reconsideration of the classification of extensional flows. The symmetry of the flow field is identified and quantified as an important parameter influencing the strain measure, and a unifying strain measure for general extensional and shearing flows of polymer melts is presented.
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Wagner, M.H., Schaeffer, J. Assessment of nonlinear strain measures for extensional and shearing flows of polymer melts. Rheol Acta 33, 506–516 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00366335
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