Some qualitative properties of solutions to a pseudoparabolic equation modeling solvent uptake in polymeric solids

Communications in Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1117-1138

  Düll, Wolf Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Degenerate diffusion; Polymer dynamics; Pseudoparabolic equation; Scaling laws

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746807692     PISSN: 03605302     EISSN: 15324133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03605300600781568     Document Type: Article

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