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2 Advances in 4 Polymer Technology Journal of the Polymer Processing Institute VOLUME 12 ISSUE 1-4 Spring 1993—Winter 1993 An Interscience® Publication Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. © 1993 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. » Advances in Polymer Technology Journal of the Polymer Processing Institute EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Dr. Marino Xanthos Polymer Processing Institute at Stevens Institute of Technology Castle Point on the Hudson Hoboken, NJ 07030 EDITORIAL BOARD Dr. Kris Akkapeddi Prof. A. Ya. Malkin Prof. N. R. Schott Allied-Signal Inc. Research Institute for Plastics University of Lowell Morristown, New Jersey Moscow, USSR Lowell, Massachusetts Dr. P. G. Andersen Prof. L. Mascia Dr. Chi-Kai Shih Werner & Pfleiderer Corp. University of Technology E.I. du Pont de Nemours, Co. Ramsey, New Jersey Loughborough, UK Wilmington, Delaware Mr. P. Carey Becker Dr. Thomas W. McCullough Dr. Paul Soskey Shell Oil Company Dow Chemical USA EniChem America, Inc. Norco, Louisiana Midland, Michigan Research & Development Center Dr. Lloyd A. Goettier Monmouth Junction, New Jersey Monsanto Chemical Co. Dr. Reiji Mezaki Springfield, Massachusetts Mitsubishi Kasei Corp. Dr. J. M. Starita Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Rheometrics, Inc. Prof. C. G. Gogos Japan Piscataway, New Jersey Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, New Jersey Prof. Dr.-Ing W. Michaeli Prof. Z. Tadmor Institut fur Kunststoffverarbeitung Technion-lsrael Institute Prof. M. R. Kamal an der RWTH Aachen of Technology McGill University Aachen, Germany Technion City, Haifa Montreal, Quebec Israel Dr. Angelo Montagna Dr. Stuart J. Kurtz Exxon Chemical Company Dr. David B. Todd Union Carbide Chemicals Baytown, Texas Todd Engineering and Plastics Co., Inc. Princeton, New Jersey Bound Brook, New Jersey Dr. Chris Rauwendaal Prof. Morand Lambla Rauwendaal Extrusion Prof. J. Viachopoulos E. Ash: P. Engineering, Inc. McMaster University Strasbourg, France Los Altos Hills, California Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Mr. Martin H. Mack Dr. Tadamoto Sakai Prof. R. T. Woodhams Berstorff Corporation Japan Steel Works University of Toronto Charlotte, North Carolina Hiroshima, Japan Toronto, Ontario, Canada EDITORIAL PRODUCTION, JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC., David Blount Contents of Volume XII eK (<< Ee oo oes Number 1, Spring 1993 Editor’s Note M. Xanthos, Polymer Processing Institute 8 FEATURES Modeling of Membrane Inflation in Blow Molding: Neural Network Prediction of Initial Dimensions from Final Part Specifications R. W. DiRaddo and A. Garcia-Rejon, Industrial Materials Institute, National Research Council of Canada Synthesis of Polystyrene and Styrene Copolymers by Reactive Extrusion W. Michaeli, A. Grefenstein, and W. Frings, Institut fur Kunststoffverarbeitung Alternative Procedures for the Recycling of Sheet Molding Compounds S. H. Patel, K. E. Gonsalves, S. S. Stivala, L. Reich, and D. H. Trivedi, Stevens Institute of Technology Blends of Polypropylene and Nylon 6: Influence of the Compatibilizer, Molecular Weight, and Processing Conditions F. P. La Mantia, Universita di Palermo Encapsulation Process for Electronic Devices Using Injection Molding Method T. Sakai, The Japan Steel Works Assessing Polymer Crystallizability from Nonisothermal Crystallization Behavior V. M. Nadkarni, N. N. Bulakh, and J. P. Jog, National Chemical Laboratory, India Analysis of PVC Blends by Three-Dimensional Solubility Parameters J.-C. Huang, D. C. Chang, and R. D. Deanin, University of Massachusetts Lowell Mechanochemical Bonding of Hard-to-Bond Materials V. L. Vakula and L. S. Genel, Moscow Institute of Applied Biotechnology, and V. N. Kestelman, JBK International @ DEPARTMENTS News of the Polymer Processing Institute VOLUME CONTENTS Number 2, Summer 1993 @ FEATURES Viscoelastic Simulations of Extrudate Swell for an HDPE Melt through Slit and Capillary Dies D. G. Kiriakidis and E. Mitsoulis, University of Ottawa Biaxial Orientation of Poly(ethylene Terephthalate). Part I: Nature of the Stress—Strain Curves P. Chandran and S. Jabarin, The University of Toledo Biaxial Orientation of Poly(ethylene Terephthalate). Part II: The Strain-Hardening Parameter P. Chandran and S. Jabarin, The University of Toledo Biaxial Orientation of Poly(ethylene Terephthalate). Part III: Comparative Structure and Property Changes Resulting from Simultaneous and Sequential Orientation P. Chandran and S. Jabarin, The University of Toledo Effect of Solid-State Modified Polypropylene on the Physical Performance of Sawdust-Filled Polypropylene Composites M. M. Sain and B. V. Kokta, Université du Québec a Trois-Riviéres Chemical Products from Cured Unsaturated Polyesters G. Tesoro and Y. Wu, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, New York The Microwave Processing of Polymeric Materials M. T. De Meuse and C. L. Ryan, EniChem America, Inc. Bf DEPARTMENTS News of the Polymer Processing Institute Announcements Erratum Number 3, Fall 1993 @ FEATURES Sheet Coextrusion of Polymer Solutions and Melts: Comparison between Simulation and Experiments A. Hannachi and E. Mitsoulis, University of Ottawa VOL. 12, NO. 4 VOLUME CONTENTS Current Trends in CAE: Simulations of Latest Innovations in Injection Molding 233 K. Himasekhar, L. S. Turng, V. W. Wang, and H. H. Chiang, AC Technology, K. K. Wang, Cornell University An Integrated Approach for Modeling the Injection, Compression, and Resin Transfer Molding Processes for Polymers E. W. Liang, H. P. Wang, and E. M. Perry, GE Corporate Research and Development Cross-Linking of Polypropylene by Peroxide and Multifunctional Monomer During Reactive Extrusion B. K. Kim and K. J. Kim, Pusan National University Failure Prediction of Fiber Reinforced Laminates under Hygrothermal and Mechanical In-Plane Loads T. P. Philippidis, University of Patras, and P. S. Theocaris, National Academy of Athens Solid State Processing of Polymers: A Review J. P. Jog, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India @ SPECIAL REPORTS Incremental Drawing for Controlling Synthetic Fiber Structure, Properties, and Productivity M. V. Sussman, Tufts University Advances in Injection Molding of Fiber-Reinforced Thermoplastics During 1991—Part II: Processing, Design, and Manufacture P. G. Kelleher, New Jersey Polymer Extension Center 8 DEPARTMENTS News of the Polymer Processing Institute New Books on Polymer Technology Announcements Number 4, Winter 1993 8 FEATURES Numerical Analysis of the Resin Transfer Molding Process by the Finite Element Method F. Trochu, R. Gauvin, and D.-M. Gao, Ecole Polytechnique, Montréal ADVANCES IN POLYMER TECHNOLOGY VOLUME CONTENTS Theoretical Modeling of Dispersive Melting Mechanism of Polymers in an Extruder H.-X. Huang and Y.-C. Peng, South China University of Technology Pressure-Related Driving Forces in the Fully Filled Nonintermeshing Twin Screw Extruder D. |. Bigio, M. R. Ramanthan, and P. Herman, University of Maryland Intelligent Processing of Polymer Sheets for Calendering A. A. Tseng, W. H. Shih, and C. L. Thomas, Drexel University, and S. J. Chen, Temple University Computer Simulations on Polysilanes: A New Method for Modeling the Energetics and Dynamics of Their Thermochromic Transitions W. J. Welsh, University of Missouri-St. Louis The Precise Determination of Polydispersity Index (PI) in Rheological Testing of Polypropylene S. W. Shang, Himont, U.S.A., Inc. @ SPECIAL REPORTS Development of an Expert System for Injection Molding Operations S. Kameoka, N. Haramoto, and T. Sakai, The Japan Steel Works PLASSEX: An Expert System for Plastics Selection D. Agrawal and P. T. Vasudevan, University of New Hampshire 8 DEPARTMENTS News of the Polymer Processing Institute Announcements Volume Contents Author Index VOL. 12, NO. 4