An experimental and simulation study of dilute polymer solutions in exponential shear flow: Comparison to uniaxial and planar extensional flows

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 321-349

  Kwan, Thomas C B ^a   Woo, Nathanael J ^a   Shaqfeh, Eric S G ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYBUTENES; SHEAR FLOW; SOLUTIONS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

BROWNIAN DYNAMICS; EXPONENTIAL SHEAR FLOW;

RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0035271579     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.1346599     Document Type: Article

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