Strees and configuration relaxation of an initially straight flexible polymer

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 513, Issue , 2004, Pages 265-286

  Dimitrakopoulos, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATIONS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; POLYMERIZATION; RELAXATION PROCESSES; STRESS ANALYSIS;

BEAD-ROD CHAINS; BROWNIAN DYNAMICS; CONFIGURATION RELAXATION; CONFORMATIONAL RELAXATION;

POLYMERS;

POLYMER;

EID: 4344686517     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112004000059     Document Type: Article

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