Microscopic-macroscopic simulations of rigid-rod polymer hydrodynamics: Heterogeneity and Rheochaos

Multiscale Modeling and Simulation

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 858-878

  Forest, M Gregory ^a   Zhou, Ruhai ^b   Wang, Qi ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Nematic polymer; Spatial temporal chaos

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LYAPUNOV METHODS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; POLYMERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHEAR BANDS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TENSORS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

MOMENT TENSORS; MONO-DOMAIN; NEMATIC POLYMER; SPATIAL TEMPORAL CHAOS;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

EID: 50949120285     PISSN: 15403459     EISSN: 15403467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/070681491     Document Type: Article

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