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Applied Mathematics Colloquium

Friday, September 21, 11:30 am
Cullimore Lecture Hall II
New Jersey Institute of Technology

Viscoelastic Effects in Glass Fiber Forming

William Schultz

Department of Mechanical Engineering

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

Abstract

We show that viscoelastic effects are required to understand draw resonance inhibition and the attainment of high ultimate tensile strength in glass fibers. We show that glass is not thermo-rheologically simple and present a model that shows some promise in modeling the fiber spinning process.