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A model for post-flow induced crystallization: General equations and predictions

The aim of this work is to model the flow-enhanced crystallization and the flow-induced morphological changes of semi-crystalline materials during and after shearing flow. A FENE-P dumbbell model and a rigid dumbbell model are used to describe the molecular chain conformation and the orientation evolution for the amorphous phase and the semi-crystalline phase, respectively. The effect of flow on crystallization is considered by relating excess free energy and flow-induced orientation to crystallization kinetics. The crystallization of the material couples back to influence the solidification rheology of the crystallizing system. An isotactic polypropylene is used as an example to illustrate model predictions. We predict a pronounced effect of short-term shear treatments in accelerating nucleation and changing rheological behavior. Results are compared with available experimental data