Transient director patterns upon flow start-up of nematic liquid crystals (an explanation for stress oscillation damping) Dennis J. TernetRonald G. LarsonL. Gary Leal ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 307 - 316
Thermodynamic admissibility of the pompon model for branched polymers Hans Christian Öttinger ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 317 - 321
Van Gurp-Palmen-plot: a way to characterize polydispersity of linear polymers Stefan TrinkleChristian Friedrich ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 322 - 328
Uniaxial elongational viscosity of PS/a small amount of UHMW-PS blends Akinari MinegishiAkihiro NishiokaKiyohito Koyama ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 329 - 338
The modified imbedded disc retraction method for measurement of interfacial tension in polymer melts Milica RodicAndrew N. Hrymak ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 339 - 349
Modeling of steady and time-dependent responses in filled, uncured, and crosslinked rubbers Prashant G. JoshiArkady I. Leonov ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 350 - 365
Elastic properties of a dilute surfactant solution in the shear induced state Maik Nowak ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 366 - 372
Non-Newtonian viscous oscillating free surface jets, and a new strain-rate dependent viscosity form for flows experiencing low strain rates Stephen E. BechtelNivine T. YoussefKurt W. Koelling ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION Pages: 373 - 383
Influence of molecular structure on secondary flow of polyolefin melts as investigated by laser-Doppler velocimetry Helmut MünstedtMartin SchwetzMichael Schmidt SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 384 - 394
Increased torque transducer sensitivity via oversampling Dagmar van DusschotenManfred Wilhelm SHORT COMMUNICATION Pages: 395 - 399
An introduction to elastomer molecular network theory – Arthur S. Lodge (1999) Bannatek Press R. J. J. Jongschaap BOOK REPORT Pages: 400 - 400
Some comments on “computational analysis of techniques to determine extensional viscosity from entrance flows” [Rheol Acta 39:138–151 (2000)] Evan MitsoulisSavvas G. HatzikiriakosDimitris Vlassopoulos LETTER TO THE EDITOR Pages: 401 - 402