Cross-stream-line migration in confined flowing polymer solutions: Theory and simulation

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Hernández Ortiz, Juan P ^a   Ma, Hongbo ^a   de Pablo, Juan J ^a   Graham, Michael D ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Brownian motion; Channel flow; Flow simulation; Polymer solutions

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMERS; SHEAR FLOW; WALL FLOW;

CROSS-STREAM MIGRATION; FLOW SIMULATION; POLYMER CHAIN; POLYMER SOLUTIONS; STERIC EFFECT; BROWNIAN DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; CHANNEL GEOMETRY; CONTOUR LENGTHS; HYDRODYNAMIC EFFECT; HYDRODYNAMIC INTERACTION; POLYMER MOLECULE; RADIUS OF GYRATION;

CONFINED FLOW; SHEAR FLOW;

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFINED FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYMERS; SHEAR FLOW; WALL FLOW;

EID: 33846052235     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2397571     Document Type: Article

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