Scaling of singular structures in extensional flow of dilute polymer solutions

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 153, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 183-190

  Becherer, Paul ^a   Morozov, Alexander N ^a,b   Saarloos, Wim van ^a  

^a UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birefringent strands; Extensional flow; FENE model; Stagnation point

Indexed keywords

POLYMER SOLUTIONS; POLYMERS;

DILUTE POLYMER SOLUTIONS; ELONGATIONAL FLOWS; ELSEVIER (CO); EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; EXTENSIONAL FLOWS; FENE P MODELS; FINITE EXTENSIBILITY (FE); IN ORDER; MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURES; SINGULAR SOLUTIONS; VISCO-ELASTIC FLUIDS;

MODEL STRUCTURES;

EID: 47249090527     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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