Steady states and dynamics of 2-D nematic polymers driven by an imposed weak shear

Communications in Mathematical Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 113-132

  Zhou, Hong ^a   Wang, Hongyun ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinetic theory; Maier Saupe potential; Nematic polymers; Perturbation analysis; Shear flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248401930     PISSN: 15396746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4310/cms.2007.v5.n1.a5     Document Type: Article

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