Large shear deformation of particle gels studied by Brownian dynamics simulations

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 863-880

  Rzepiela, A A ^a   Van Opheusden, J H J ^a   Van Vliet, T ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRESS ANALYSIS;

BROWNIAN DYNAMICS (BD); INERTIA EFFECTS; NONAFFINE DEFORMATION; POLYMER GELS;

GELS;

EID: 4043166149     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.1764824     Document Type: Article

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