Numerical studies of viscoelastic flows using a model for entangled polymer solutions with a shear stress maximum

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 90, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 187-216

  Remmelgas, Johan ^a   Leal, L Gary ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutive model; Entangled polymer solutions; Numerical solutions; Shear banding

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHEMICAL RELAXATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMERS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SOLUTIONS; STEADY FLOW; STRAIN RATE; VISCOELASTICITY; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

DOI-EDWARDS (DE) THEORY; DOI-EDWARDS-MARRUCCI-GRIZZUTI (DEMG) MODEL; ENTANGLED POLYMER SOLUTIONS; ROUSE RELAXATION;

NON NEWTONIAN LIQUIDS;

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POLYMER SOLUTION; SHEAR STRESS; VISCOELASTIC FLOW;

EID: 0034112491     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0257(99)00076-2     Document Type: Article

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