A comparison of simple rheological models and simulation data of n-hexadecane under shear and elongational flows

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 625-640

  Baig, C ^a   Jiang, B ^a   Edwards, B J ^a   Keffer, D J ^a   Cochran, H D ^a  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATIONAL FLOWS; N-HEXADECANE; RHEOLOGICAL MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TENSORS;

RHEOLOGY;

EID: 33748677048     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.2240308     Document Type: Article

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