Transient Analysis of Rubber Extrusion by the Finite Element Method

Time-dependent analysis of rubber flow from a capillary rheometer is analyzed by the finite element method, in which both marker-particle and pseudo-concentration methods are used to define extruding rubber positions. The rubbers are assumed to be represented by a power-law fluid. The extruded free surface obtained by the marker-particle method is compared with the one produced by the pseudo-concentration method.