Scaling behavior of kinetic orientational distributions for dilute nematic polymers in weak shear

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 116, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 183-204

  Forest, M Gregory ^a   Zhou, Ruhai ^a   Wang, Qi ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinetic theory; Nematic polymers; Rheology; Shear flow

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS;

MEAN-FIELD KINETIC MODELS; NEMATIC POLYMERS;

NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS;

KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 1642304158     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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