Dynamics and rheology of entangled linear polymers

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2330-2335

  Koga, Jiro ^a   Kimura, Kei ^a   Homma, Shunji ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nonlinear dynamics; Polymers; Reaction diffusion type equation; Rheology; Simulation; Tube model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; RHEOLOGY; STRESS RELAXATION;

REACTION-DIFFUSION TYPE EQUATION; RELAXATION FUNCTION; TUBE MODELS;

POLYMER BLENDS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; POLYMER BLENDS; RHEOLOGY; STRESS RELAXATION;

EID: 33947711691     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2007.01.025     Document Type: Article

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