Convergence of a stochastic method for the modeling of polymeric fluids

Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 529-536

  Weinan, E ^a   Li, Tie Jun ^b   Zhang, Ping Wen ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brownian Configuration Fields (BCF); Convergence analysis; Dumbbell model

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942644114     PISSN: 01689673     EISSN: 16183932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s102550200055     Document Type: Article

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