Existence of global weak solutions to dumbbell models for dilute polymers with microscopic cut-off

Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 935-971

  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 potential; Fokker Planck equations; Navier Stokes equations; Polymeric flow models

Indexed keywords

KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOMENTUM; SOLUTIONS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSORS;

EXISTENCE OF WEAK SOLUTIONS; EXTENSIBLE NONLINEAR ELASTIC POTENTIAL; FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATIONS; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; POLYMERIC FLOW MODELS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 44349177436     PISSN: 02182025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218202508002917     Document Type: Article

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