Abstract
A recently proposed modification of the viscoelastic Leonov model is employed as a stress calculator in FEM analysis with a full u-v-p-t numerical scheme for coextrusion flow in multimanifold flat dies with 30° and 90° entrance angles. It is shown that the predicted stresses, interface location and streamline fields are in good agreement with the measurements. It is also shown that extensional viscosity has to be used in the modelling of the coextrusion flow to confirm experimental data.
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