Nonequilibrium stretching dynamics of dilute and entangled linear polymers in extensional flow

DOI10.1016/j.jnnfm.2009.03.006zbMath1274.76036MaRDI QIDQ377146

Jean-François Hétu, Kalonji K. Kabanemi

Publication date: 6 November 2013

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

Full work available at URL: https://nrc-publications.canada.ca/eng/view/accepted/?id=ead0f413-736d-4f46-b00f-faa9d97cf078

zbMATH Keywords

extensional flow; dilute polymers; entangled polymers; chain stretching; non-linear rheology; stress-conformation hysteresis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76A05: Non-Newtonian fluids

82D60: Statistical mechanics of polymers

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