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Visualisation studies of flow of rubber in an internal mixer

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posted on 2018-10-30, 09:28 authored by Mohamad Bin Hamzah
The visualisation study of the dynamics of flow in an internal mixer was undertaken by using a laboratory-scale Banbury mixer with a transparent plastic chamber. The elastomer used was a silicone rubber (ICI grade SE 33) which provided a satisfactory rubbery behaviour and enabled cinematography to be used. The detailed characteristics of flow patterns in the mixing chamber were determined by the movement of coloured non-dispersible markers. For the purpose of analysis four regions inside the mixing chamber were identified. The region in front of the rotor wings, the void region, the S-shaped region and the bridge region. The movement of material in each of these regions has been determined separately for a range of rotor speeds and fill factors, followed by the interaction between the regions. [Continues.]

Funding

Malaysian Government, Public Service Department. Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia.

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  • Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering

Department

  • Materials

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© Mohamad bin Hamzah

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication date

1984

Notes

A Master's Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Master of Philosophy at Loughborough University.

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  • en

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