Distribution functions for filaments under tension

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1155-1164

  Kessler, David A ^a   Rabin, Yitzhak ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CONTOUR MEASUREMENT; ELASTIC MODULI; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; STIFFNESS; STRETCHING; TENSILE TESTING; WALL FLOW;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; FORCE-EXTENSION RELATIONS; RIGID FILAMENTS; WALL EFFECTS;

PLASTIC FILAMENTS;

EID: 3242734204     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1760743     Document Type: Article

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