Technical sessions

Plastics Engineering, March, 2002

SESSION M44 Applied Rheology Experimental and Numerical Flow Modeling

Moderators: Christopher C. White - NIST and S. G. Hatzikiriakos -University of British Columbia

#768 (2.00 PM)

Full Field Stress and Velocity Measurements for Polymer Melts in Extrusion Dies

Gough, T.; Spares, R.; Martyn, M. T. and Coates, P D. - University of Bradford

#570 (2.30 PM)

Numerical and Experimental Analysis of the Material Behavior during a Bubble Inflation Test

Erchiqui, F.; Derdouri, A. and Garcia-Rejon, A. - University of Quebec /National Research Council Canada

#758 (8.00 PM)

A Novel Approach to Modeling Viscoelastic Properties of Thermoplastic Polymer Melts, with Applications to Polylactides

Janzen, Jay and Dorgan, John R. - Colorado School of Mines

#779 (8.30 PM)

Capillary Rheometer Pressure Transients for Lubricated Flows through Straight and SemiHyperboloidal Dies

Patham, Bhaskar and Jayaraman, K. - Michigan State University

#744 (4.00 PM)

Visualisation and Analysis of LDPE Melt Flows in a Coextrusion Geometry

Martyn, M. T.; Gough, T.; Spares, R.; Coates, P. D. and Zatloukal, M. - University of 1 Bradford/Brno University of Technology

#1042 (4.30 PM)

Melt Processing of Polymers Using Supercritical Fluids

Matthews, Siobhan O.; Dhadda, Kuldip S. and Hornsby, Peler R. - Brunel University

#631 (5.00 PM)

Heat Transfer in Polymer Processing Measured with a Capillary Rheometer

Gottfert, A. and Sunder, J. - Gottfert Gmbh

#661 (5.30 PM)

Rheology and Microstructure of Thermotropic Liquid Crystalline Copolyosters

Guo, Tianren; Harrison, Graham M. and Ogale, Amod A. - Clemson University

SESSION M45

Flexible Packaging Joint with Extrusion Film Extrusion and Properties

Moderators: Jim Huang - Nova Chemicals and German Laverde - Gloucester Engineering

#694 (2.00 PM)

A Tubular Melt Extrusion of Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride): Structure/Process/Property Behavior as a Function of Molecular Weight (Mw)

Xu, Jiannong; Johnson, Matthew and Wilkes, Garth L. - Virginia Tech.

#527 (2.30 PM)

The Influence of Solid-State Morphology on the Impact Strength of Linear Low-Density Polyethylene Blown Films

Krishnaswamy, R. K. and Sukhadia, A. M. Chevron Phillips Chemical Company

#611 (8.00 PM)

Effect of Aging on Film Properties of Ethylene-Alpha Olefin Copolymers

Mavridis, H. - Equistar Chemicals

#654 (8.30 PM)

Measuring Dart Impact Strength of Polyethylene Films

Goyal, Shivendra K.; Ker, Victoria; Chuang, Tingting and Gil, Mariane - NOVA Chemicals Corporation /BP Chemicals SNC

#131 (4.00 PM)

Blocking of LLDPE Films - Effect of Surface Morphology

Vincent, Olivier; Osmant, Eric and Sommer, Francoise - BP Chemicals /Biophy Research

SESSION M37

Composites Advanced Composites

Moderators: Larry Drial - Michigan State University and John Muzzy - Georgia Tech.

#574 (2.00 PM)

Dimensional Stability of Complex Shapes Manufactured by the VARTM Process

Hubert, Pascal; Grimsley, Brian W.; Cano, Roberto J. and Pipes, R. Byron - Old Dominion University /NASA /University of Akron

#291 (4.30 PM)

The Effect of Extrusion Processing Conditions on the Thermal and Mechanical Performance of Extrusion Cast Metallocene Polyethylene Films

Millar, B. G.; McNally, G. M. and Murphy, W. R. - Queen's University Belfast

#82 (5.00 PM)

Modeling of the Temperature Profile in Film Coextrusion

Puaux, Jean-Pierre - Lyon University

SESSION M46

Process Monitoring and Control Process Monitoring Using Various Sensor Methods

Moderator: Kalman Migler - NIST

#226 (2.00 PM)

Monitoring the Changing State of a Polymer Using Insitu Frequency Dependent Dielectric Sensors during Polymerization, Fabrication and Use

Kranbuehl, D.; Warner, J.; Knowles, R. and Best, P. - College of William and Mary

#723 (2.30 PM)

Ultrasonic Tests to Monitor Cure of Dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) for Use in Reactive Rotational Moulding

Brown, E. C.; Corrigan, N.; Coates, P. D.; HarkinJones, E. and Crawford, R. J. - University of Bradford /Queen's University of Belfast

#917 (3.00 PM)

Practical Approach to Modeling Multiple Reactor HDPE Process

Todd, W. C. - Equistar Chemicals

#446 (3.30 PM)

Comparing Cavity Pressure Sensor Technologies Using In-Mold Data

Groleau, Michael R. and Groleau, Rodney J. RJG Inc.

#282 (4.00 PM)

Temperature Effects during Capillary Rheometry Testing

Bur, Anthony J.; Roth, Steven C. and Lobo, Hubert - National Institute of Standards and Technology /Datapoint Labs

#281 (4.30 PM)

Real-Time Monitoring of Fluorescence Anisotropy and Temperature During Processing of Biaxially Stretched Polypropylene Film

Bur, Anthony J. and Roth, Steven C. - National Institute of Standards and Technology /NIST

(6.00 PM)

Process Monitoring and Control Business Meeting

Monday Afternoon, May 6

SESSION M47

New Technology Forum Polymers for Electronic and Opto-Electronic Applications

Moderator: Kathleen Vaeth - Kodak

#1251

Controlling the 'Color' of Electrochromic and Electroluminescent Polymers and Devices

Reynolds, John R. - University of Florida

#1250

The Formation and Properties of Plastic Electronic Devices

Yang, Yang - UCLA

#1252

Light Emitting Polymer Displays

Heeks, Karl - CDT

See page 17 for program details

Tuesday Morning, May 7