Comparative studies on closure approximations in flows of liquid crystal polymers: I. Elongational flows

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 72, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 141-162

  Wang, Qi ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutive equations; Elongational flows; Liquid crystal polymers

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; KINETIC THEORY; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULES;

DOI CLOSURE APPROXIMATION; ELONGATIONAL FLOW; HINCH-LEAL CLOSURE APPROXIMATION; PECLET NUMBER;

FLUID MECHANICS;

FLOW; POLYMER;

EID: 0000134530     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0257(97)00031-1     Document Type: Article

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