Polymer Testing Published Papers
Don Fleming has written and presented over 20 published papers throughout Europe, a selection of which are listed below.
Rides,M., Allen.C, Fleming, D.J.
Characterising the rheological and thermal properties of filled thermoplastics
PPS2007, Sweden, August (2007) - view PDF
Rides,M., Allen.C, Fleming, D.J., Haworth, B., Kelly, A.,
Intercomparison of slip flow velocity measurements of filled polymers by capillary extrusion rheometry
NPL internal document (2007) - view PDF
Maier, C.
Screwing Down Extrusion
British Plastics & Rubber article
February (2007)
Fleming, D.J.
The importance of good rheological data in co-extrusion processes
Malvern Instruments Web seminar, November (2006) view on-line presentation
Fleming, D.J.
Rheological testing for measuring melt viscosity
PRW Polymer Testing 2004, 20 & 21 April, Brussels Marriott Hotel, Belgium (2004).
Fleming, D.J.,
Polymer Rheology; from tensor maths to practical benefits for processors and end users alike
Telford Polymer Association, (2004).
Fleming, D.J.
Elasticity in plastics processing
British patent application No 0226608.8 (2004).
Fleming, D.J.
From viscosity functions to process simulation, Polymer Processing Symposium
Queens University Belfast (2004).
Fleming, D.J.
A novel system for the measurement of Elasticity in Plastics Processing
DTI SMART Award (2003).
Young, N.W.G., Larsson M., Fleming, D.J.
Decades of Progress: The Shifting Boundaries of Rheometers
Annual Transactions of the Nordic Rheology Society, Trondheim, Norway (2001).
Reynolds, N., Pharaoh, M., Fleming, D.J., Papadakis, N. and Smith, G.
The evaluation of progressive damage in glass reinforced thermoplastic composite laminate materials
ACP 2000, Ford, Dunton, December (2000).
Fleming, D.J.
Capillary Rheometry and beyond!
Progress in Rubber and Plastics Technology, Volume 15 (4) (1999).
Fleming, D.J.
Rheological Characterisation gives insight into molecular architecture
British Plastics & Rubber, October 1999.
Fleming, D.J.
Capillary Rheometry, Polymer Rheology '99
Paper written and presented by the author at RAPRA, 13th -14th October 1999.
Fleming, D.J., and Renolds, N
Observation of progressive damage in Plytron using instrumented falling weight and thermal imaging techniques
Breaking Plastics '99, Telford Golf & Country Club, Telford, 22nd-23rd September 1999.
Fleming, D.J.
Capillary Rheometry-a technique sensitive to molecular architecture
Paper written and presented by the author at Molecular Mass Charactersiation of Synthetic & Natural Polymers, MOLMAS '99, Oulton Hall, Leeds on 30th March 1999.
Fleming, D.J.
First Normal Stress Difference via Capillary Rheometry-Fact or Fiction?
Rheology-A Practical Approach to Quality Control, Paper written and presented by the author at RAPRA on 1st October 1998.
Fleming, D.J.
Analytical and Computational approaches for Wall Slip calculation in Polymeric materials
Mechanics in Design '98, Paper written and presented by the author at The Nottingham Trent University, 6-9 July 1998.
Fleming, D.J.
Problems Solved and Avoided by understanding Rheology
Plastech '98. Paper written and presented by the author at the Queens University of Belfast, March 18-19, 1998.
Fleming, D.J
Wall Slip Revisited-Analytical and Computational approaches for calculation
Annual Transactions of the Nordic Rheology Society, Volume 5, 76-80 (1997).
Paper written and presented by the author at the Nordic Rheology Society conference, Reykjavik, Iceland, August 6-9, 1997.
Fleming, D.J., Kelly, A.L., Dobbie, T.W.
On-Line Rheometry; Shear stress, Extensional Flow and Wall Slip Analysis
Procedings of Polymer Testing '97, RAPRA.
Paper written and presented by D.J.Fleming, RAPRA 7-11th April 1997.
Fleming, D.J
Melt Fracture and Elongational Viscosity via Convergent Flow Analysis-case studies of Industrial Polymer Rheology
Annual Transactions of the Nordic Rheology Society, Volume 4, 50-52, (1996)
Paper presented by the author at the Nordic Rheology Society conference, Stavanger, Norway, June 12-14, 1996.
Fleming, D.J, Ward, N.J., Edwards, H.G.M., Johnson, A.F., Coates, P.D.
Application of Raman Spectroscopy for Determining Residence time Distributions in Extruder Reactors
Journal of Applied Spectroscopy, Volume 50 (6) (1996) - view PDF
Fleming, D.J.
Rheology-A One Number Science?
Progress in Rubber and Plastics Technology, Volume 12 (2) (1996).
Fleming, D.J
Melt Fracture and Elongational Viscosity via Convergent Flow Analysis
Procedings of PolymerTesting '96, RAPRA (1996).
Paper presented by D.J.Fleming, RAPRA 5-6th Septmeber 1996.
Fleming, D.J
The Technical Service Approach to Polymer Testing, Test Methods for Plastics in Packaging
A one day Technical Symposium, Burleigh Court, Loughborough University (1995).
Paper written and presented by D.J.Fleming, Burleigh Court, Loughborough, 12th December 1995.
Kelly, A.L., Coates, P.D., Fleming, D.J, Dobbie, T.W.
On-Line Rheometry of Polymer Melts: Steady Shear and Entry Pressure Measurements,
Annual Transactions of the Nordic Rheology Society, Volume 3, 61-63, (1995).
Paper written and presented by D.J.Fleming
Nordic Rheology Society Conference, Helsinki, Finland, June 7-9 (1995).
Fleming, D.J
In-Line Rheometry Studies in Reactive Extrusion
PhD thesis, University of Bradford (1993).
Johnson, A.F., Edwards, H.G.M., Ward, N.J., Coates, P.D., Fleming, D.J
Novel Residence Time Distribution and In-Line Rheometry measurements in reactive Extrusion
The Polymer Processing Society 9th Annual Meeting, Manchester, England (1993).
Paper presented by D.J.Fleming, PPS9 Manchester, 5-8th April 1993.
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