That is because it is easier to establish a pure shear flow than pure extensional flow, which is hardly to set up as the polymer material itself has a yield of strain and extensional flow is always accompanied by shear flow. 然而,由于聚合物材料本身具有应变屈服性,要建立一个纯拉伸流场几乎是不可能的。所以实际聚合物材料流动很少发生完全的纯拉伸变形,其变形流动过程必然伴随剪切变形。