Simulation of dilute polymer solutions using a Fokker-Planck equation

Computers and Fluids

Volumn 33, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 687-696

  Chauvière, Cédric ^a   Lozinski, Alexei ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

DUMBBELLS;

POLYMERS;

CHANNEL; CYLINDER; FLOW AROUND OBJECT; MATHEMATICAL METHOD; POLYMER SOLUTION;

EID: 0348146481     PISSN: 00457930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2003.02.002     Document Type: Article

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