A successive fine-graining scheme for predicting the rheological properties of dilute polymer solutions

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1251-1278

  Prabhakar, R ^a   Prakash, J Ravi ^a   Sridhar, T ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRAPOLATION; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULES; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; VISCOSITY;

DILUTE POLYMER SOLUTIONS; FINE-GRAINING SCHEME; POLYMER CHAINS; SHEAR THINNING;

POLYMERS;

EID: 11044220604     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.1807841     Document Type: Article

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