Couette flows of liquid crystal polymers

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Applied Mechanics Division, AMD

Volumn 217, Issue , 1996, Pages 109-115

  Wang, Qi ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONFINED FLOW; DRAG; FLOW OF FLUIDS; POLYMERS; ROTATIONAL FLOW;

COUETTE FLOW;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0030383899     PISSN: 01608835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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