The orientation of semidilute rigid fiber suspensions in a linearly contracting channel

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Krochak, P J ^a   Olson, J A ^a   Martinez, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION;

NONMONOTONIC BEHAVIORS; ORIENTATION DISTRIBUTIONS; RIGID FIBERS; SEMIDILUTE; SPATIAL EVOLUTION; SUSPENSION CONCENTRATIONS;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 48849093138     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2949277     Document Type: Article

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