Elasticity of Gaussian and nearly Gaussian phantom networks

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 6094-6102

  Farago, Oded ^a   Kantor, Yacov ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSORS;

GAUSSIAN SPRINGS; PHANTOM NETWORKS;

ELASTICITY;

EID: 0034318084     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.62.6094     Document Type: Article

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