Programme

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July 26, 2017
Time Event Presentation Title
7:00-8:20 Registration  
8:20-8:30 Welcome   
  (Chairman: Yong Woo Inn) FLOW INSTABILITIES
8:30-9:00 Savvas George Hatzikiriakos
The University of British Columbia, Canada
The Extrudate Swell of HDPE: Rheological Effects
9:00-9:30 José Pérez-González
Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico
Slip and Frictional Heating of Extruded Polyethylene Melts
9:30-10:00 Cofee break & Exhibition  
  (Chairman: Savvas George Hatzikiriakos ) APPLIED RHEOLOGY
10:00-10:30 Olivier Catherine
Cloeren Incorporated, USA
Polymer Melt Rheology and Flow Simulations Applied to Cast Film Extrusion Die Design: An Industrial Perspective
10:30-11:00 Christopher W. Macosko
University of Minnesota, USA
Rheological Characterization and Thermal Modeling of Polyolefins for Process Design and Tailored Interfaces
11:00-11:30 Martin Zatloukal
Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic
Applied Rheology for Understanding Flow Instabilities in Polymer Processing
11:30-12:00 Yong Woo Inn
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP, USA
Worm Melt Fracture and Fast Die Build-up at High Shear Rates in Extrusion Blow Molding of Large Drums
12:00-13:30 Lunch & Exhibition   
  (Chairman: Helmut Münstedt) ELONGATIONAL RHEOLOGY
13:30-14:00 Christopher W. Macosko
University of Minnesota, USA
Long Chain Branching of PLA
14:00-14:30 Manfred Hermann Wagner
Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin), Germany
Shear and Elongational Rheology of Photo-oxidative Degraded HDPE and LLDPE
14:30-15:00 Cofee break & Exhibition   
  (Chairman: Christopher W. Macosko) NOVEL RHEOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES
15:00-15:30 Manfred Wilhelm
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Germany
The Intrinsic Mechanical Nonlinearity 3Q0(ω) of Linear Homopolymer Melts
15:30-16:00 Manfred Wilhelm
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute for Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Germany
Shear Rheology and 1H TD-NMR Combined to Low-Field RheoNMR: Set-Up and Application to Quiescent and Flow-Induced Crystallization of Polymers
18:30 Conference dinner  

 

July 27, 2017
  (Chairman: José Pérez-González) RHEOLOGY OF POLYMER BLENDS AND COMPOSITES
8:00-8:30 Ivan Fortelný
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry ASCR, Czech Republic
Droplet Size in Flow: Theoretical Model and Application to Polymer Blends
8:30-9:00 Zdeněk Starý
Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry ASCR, Czech Republic
Rheological Properties of Conductive Polymer Composites around the Electrical Percolation Threshold
9:00-10:30 Cofee break & Poster section & Exhibition                       
  Radek Pivokonsky
Institute of Hydrodynamics ASCR, Czech Republic
An Examination of the Differential Constitutive Models under Large Amplitude Oscillatory Shear Flow
  Vít Průša
Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
Viscoelastic Rate Type Fluids with Temperature Dependent Material Parameters – Stability of the Rest State
  Jiri Drabek
Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic
Investigation of Flow Behavior for Linear Melt Blown Polypropylenes with Different Molecular Weights in Very Wide Shear Rate Range
  Tomas Barborik
Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic
Effect of Second to First Normal Stress Difference Ratio at the Die Exit on Neck-in Phenomenon in Polymeric Flat Film Production
  Jan Musil
Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic
Entry Flow Vortices in Polymer Melt Extrusion: A Review
  Pavol Alexy
Slovak University of Technology, Slovak Republic
Rheological Properties of Polymer Melts with High Elasticity
  Jan Skočilas
Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
Flow of Bovine Collagen in Rectangular Slit
  Milan Kracalik
Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
Analysis of LDPE-ZnO-Clay Nanocomposites using Novel Cumulative Rheological Parameters
  Ana Vera Machado
University of Minho, Portugal
Protein-Polymer Conjugates Hydrogels: Synthesis and Characterization
  Ayan Ray
Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic
The Dynamic Magnetoviscoelastic Properties of Biomineralized (Fe3O4) PVP-CMC Hydrogel
  Probal Basu
Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic
Rheological Performance of Bacterial Cellulose based Nonmineralized and Mineralized Hydrogel Scaffolds
  Petr Saha
Tomas Bata University in Zlin, Czech Republic
Viscoelastic Behavior of Mineralized (CaCO3) Chitin Based PVP-CMC Hydrogel Scaffolds
  Petra Peer
Institute of Hydrodynamics ASCR, Czech Republic
Quality of Nanofibrous Mats in Relation to Rheological Characterization of PVB and PVB/Silica Solutions
  Dušan Kimmer
SPUR a.s., Czech Republic
Some Aspects of Applying Nanostructured Materials in Air Filtration, Water Filtration and Electrical Engineering
  Petr Filip
Institute of Hydrodynamics ASCR, Czech Republic
On the Relation between Sensory Attributes and Rheological Characterization of Cosmetic Products
  (Chairman: Donggang Yao) INTRODUCTION OF NOVEL RHEOLOGICAL TOOLS
10:30-11:00 Andre Braun
Anton Paar Germany GmbH, Germany
Sophisticated Rheometric Tools for Polymer Characterization
11:00-11:30 Lukas Schwab
Waters GmbH, UB TA Instruments, Germany
Large Amplitude Oscillatory Shear Measurements of Polymer Melts: Comparison of Different Geometries
11:30-12:00 Jan Philip Plog
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Germany
Following Phase Transitions with Rheometry and Simultaneous Raman-Spectroscopy
12:00-13:30 Lunch & Exhibition   
  (Chairman: Manfred Hermann Wagner) CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS
13:30-14:00 Donggang Yao
School of Materials Science & Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Dynamics and Rheology of Finitely Extensible Polymer Coils: An Overview
14:00-14:30 Alan Jeffrey Giacomin
Queen's University, Canada
Strain Sweeps from Oldroyd 8-Constant Framework
14:30-15:00 Refreshment & Exhibition  
  (Chairman: Alan Jeffrey Giacomin) FLOW MODELING
15:00-15:30 Olga Sousa Carneiro
University of Minho, Portugal
Computer Aided Die Design: a New Open-Source Methodology
15:30-16:00 João Miguel Nóbrega
University of Minho, Portugal
A Primer on Experimental and Computational Rheology with Fractional Viscoelastic Constitutive Models
16:00 End of the conference