Nonlinear elastic polymers in random flow

DOI10.1017/S0022112005005951MaRDI QIDQ5706129zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Marco Martins Afonso, Dario Vincenzi

Publication date 4 November 2005

Published in Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/nlin/0504044

zbMATH Keywords

FENE dumbbell modelpolymer extensionprobability density function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Non-Newtonian fluids (76A05) Stochastic analysis applied to problems in fluid mechanics (76M35) Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60)

Abstract: Polymer stretching in random smooth flows is investigated within the framework of the FENE dumbbell model. The advecting flow is Gaussian and short-correlated in time. The stationary probability density function of polymer extension is derived exactly. The characteristic time needed for the system to attain the stationary regime is computed as a function of the Weissenberg number and the maximum length of polymers. The transient relaxation to the stationary regime is predicted to be exceptionally slow in the proximity of the coil-stretch transition.

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