Biaxial steady states and their stability in shear flows of liquid crystal polymers

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 943-970

  Wang, Qi ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000036369     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.550816     Document Type: Article

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