A full-chain, temporary network model with sliplinks, chain-length fluctuations, chain connectivity and chain stretching

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 213-233

  Schieber, Jay D ^a   Neergaard, Jesper ^a   Gupta, Sachin ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLTEN MATERIALS; POLYMERS; VISCOELASTICITY;

CHAIN CONNECTIVITY; CHAIN STRETCHING; CHAIN-LENGTH FLUCTUATION;

RHEOLOGY;

EID: 0037280347     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.1530155     Document Type: Article

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