Canonical distribution functions in polymer dynamics - (I). Dilute solutions of flexible polymers

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 315, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 367-385

  Ilg, Patrick ^a   Karlin, Iliya V ^a   Öttinger, Hans Christian ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Closure approximation; Computational methods in statistical physics and nonlinear dynamics; Constitutive equation; Constitutive relations; FENE dumbbells; Kinetic theory; Polymer solutions; Reduced description

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ENTROPY; FUNCTIONS; POLYMERS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

POLYMER DYNAMICS;

KINETIC THEORY;

EID: 0037058797     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(02)01017-8     Document Type: Article

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