Micro and macro in the dynamics of dilute polymer solutions: Convergence of theory with experiment

Korea Australia Rheology Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 245-268

  Ravi Prakash, J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brownian dynamics simulation; Closure approximations; Continuum mechanics; Dilute polymer solutions; High Weissenberg number problem; Hydrodynamic interactions; Polymer kinetic theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650456444     PISSN: 1226119X     EISSN: 20937660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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