Gradient and vorticity banding

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-281

  Dhont, Jan K G ^a   Briels, Wim J ^b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gradient banding; Shear banding; Vorticity banding

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS; ELASTICITY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SHEAR BANDS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR FLOW; VORTICITY;

EID: 41549090072     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-007-0245-0     Document Type: Review

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