Abstract
In this Note, we focused on the sharkskin defect, classically observed in linear polymer extrusion. The aim of this work is to link the sharkskin onset to the rheological properties of polymer melt and more particularly to the shape of the molecular weight distribution. Using the model of Brochard–de Gennes, we show that it is possible to eliminate the sharkskin if M n ≈ 10 M e . To cite this article: A. Allal et al., C. R. Physique 8 (2007).
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