Brownian dynamics simulations of shear-thickening in dilute polymer solutions

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 274-287

  Hatzikiriakos, Savvas G ^a   Vlassopoulos, Dimitrios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brownian dynamics; Polymer solutions; Shear thickening; Structured fluid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344853617     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00366914     Document Type: Article

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