A closure approximation for liquid-crystalline polymer models based on parametric density estimation

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 177-201

  Chaubal, Charu V ^a   Leal, L Gary ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTIC FLOW; PROBABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; UNSTEADY FLOW;

BINGHAM DISTRIBUTION; CLOSURE APPROXIMATION; PARAMETRIC DENSITY ESTIMATION; STEADY TWO DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0031673636     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.550887     Document Type: Article

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