Intermittent Shear Flow of Thermotropic Main-Chain LCPs

4 Intermittent Shear Flow of Thermotropic Main-Chain LCPs 

we present the transient and steady-state rheological responses after resting upon cessation of initial shear flow (referred to as intermittent shear flow). 

5 Evolution of Dynamic Moduli of Thermotropic Main-Chain LCPs Upon Cessation of Shear Flow 

536 s for as-cast PSHQIO specimens (1) with a rest period of 2 h after cessation of the initial startup shear flow, (2) with a rest period of 17 h after cessation of the initial startup shear flow, (3) with a rest period of 67 h after cessation of the initial startup shear flow. (4) Also given is the variation of y) with time during the initial startup shear flow. (Reprinted from Han and Kim, Journal of Rheology 38 13. Copyright 1994, with permission from the Society of Rheology.) 

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