Structure scaling properties of confined nematic polymers in plane couette cells: The weak flow limit

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 175-192

  Forest, M G ^a   Wang, Qi ^b   Zhou, Hong ^c   Zhou, Ruhai ^a  

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

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUETTE FLOW; NEMATIC POLYMERS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; POLYMERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; VISCOELASTICITY;

RHEOLOGY;

EID: 1642323734     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.1626676     Document Type: Article

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