The FENE-L and FENE-LS closure approximations to the kinetic theory of finitely extensible dumbbells

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 87, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 179-196

  Lielens, G ^a   Keunings, R ^a   Legat, V ^a  

^a Catholic University of Louvain   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Closure approximation; Constitutive equation; FENE dumbbells; Kinetic theory

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; KINEMATICS; RHEOLOGY; STEADY FLOW;

CLOSURE APPROXIMATION; ONE DIMENSIONAL ELONGATIONAL FLOWS; WARNER FINITELY EXTENSIBLE NONLINEAR ELASTIC DUMBBELL;

KINETIC THEORY;

FLOW; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; POLYMER;

EID: 0033570643     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0257(99)00063-4     Document Type: Article

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