Existence of global weak solutions to some regularized kinetic models for dilute polymers

Multiscale Modeling and Simulation

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 506-546

  Barrett, John W ^a   Süli, Endre ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Existence of weak solutions; Finitely extensible nonlinear elastic; Fokker Planck equations; Navier Stokes equations; Polymeric flow models

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; KINETIC THEORY; POLYMERS; SOLUTIONS;

(E ,2E) THEORY; BEAD SPRING MODELS; BOUNDED DOMAINS; DILUTE POLYMERS; DILUTE SOLUTIONS; INCOMPRESSIBLE NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; KINETIC (POLYM.); KINETIC MODELLING; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMERIC LIQUIDS; WEAK SOLUTIONS;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 39049139418     PISSN: 15403459     EISSN: 15403467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/060666810     Document Type: Article

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