New closure approximations for the kinetic theory of finitely extensible dumbbells

DOI10.1016/S0377-0257(97)00121-3zbMath0966.76006WikidataQ127633895 ScholiaQ127633895MaRDI QIDQ1975731

I. Jaumain, P. Halin, G. Lielens, Roland Keunings, Vincent Legat

Publication date: 16 August 2001

Published in: Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0377-0257(97)00121-3

zbMATH Keywords

closure approximations; finitely extensible nonlinear elastic dumbbell model; dilute polymeric solution; FENE-P constitutive equation; canonical distribution subspace; first-order closure model; nonlinear kinetic model; pre-averaging approximation; second-order closure model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76A05: Non-Newtonian fluids

82D60: Statistical mechanics of polymers

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