Canonical distribution functions in polymer dynamics. (II). Liquid-crystalline polymers

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 319, Issue , 2003, Pages 134-150

  Ilg, Patrick ^a   Karlin, Iliya V ^b   Kröger, Martin ^a,b   Öttinger, Hans Christian ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Closure approximation; Constitutive equation; Kinetic theory; Liquid crystalline polymers; Reduced description

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ENTROPY; FUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CANONICAL DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS;

EID: 0037362452     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(02)01393-6     Document Type: Article

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