Entanglement loss in fast-flowing entangled polymer: Numerical simulation of the short-chain behavior and interpretation of phenomenology

Journal of Polymer Research

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 79-90

  Hua, Chi C ^a   Yang, Chane Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elongational flow; Entanglement loss; Reptation theory; Stochastic simulation; Strain hardening

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RHEOLOGY; SHEARING;

ENTANGLED POLYMERS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0036628151     PISSN: 10229760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021133131795     Document Type: Article

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