Recueil de mécanique
Volume 5, Numéro 2, Pages 476-484
2021-07-03

Numerical Simulation Of Axial Ldpe Polymer Flow In An Extrusion Die

Authors : Nehari Taieb .

Abstract

A numerical study was carried out to study the rheological characteristics of the LDPE polymer in extrusion through a simple axisymmetric matrix. This polymer is considered a generalized Newtonian fluid that follows Cross law. In order to improve this extruder the influence of certain parameters on the velocity field, viscosity, pressure and shear rate was studied. This study shows us clearly that the increase in the output diameter of the matrix makes the characteristics of the extrusion uniform.

Keywords

Rhéologie ; extrudate ; laminar flow ; polymer