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A computational and experimental framework for quantifying flow-enhanced nucleation (FEN) in polymers is presented and demonstrated for an industrial-grade linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE). Experimentally, kinetic measurements of isothermal crystallization were performed by using fast-scanning calorimetry (FSC) for melts that were presheared at various strain rates. The effect of shear on the average conformation tensor of the melt was modeled with the discrete slip-link model (DSM). The conformation tensor was then related to the acceleration in nucleation kinetics by using an expression previously validated with nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD). The expression is based on the nematic order tensor of Kuhn segments, which can be obtained from the conformation tensor of entanglement strands. The single adjustable parameter of the model was determined by fitting to the experimental FSC data. This expression accurately describes FEN for the LLDPE, representing a significant advancement toward the development of a fully integrated processing model for crystallizable polymers.
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