Molecularly derived constitutive equation for low-molecular polymer melts from thermodynamically guided simulation

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-93

  Ilg, Patrick ^a   Kröger, Martin ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Constitutive equation; Multiscale simulation; Polymer melt

Indexed keywords

CLOSED FORM; COARSE GRAINING; COMPLEX FLUIDS; CONFORMATION TENSOR; ELONGATIONAL VISCOSITY; FRACTIONAL POWER; GIESEKUS MODEL; HOMOGENEOUS FLOW; INTERMEDIATE FLOW; MICROSCOPIC MODELS; MODEL SYSTEM; MOLECULAR POLYMERS; MULTISCALE SIMULATION; NORMAL STRESS; SHEAR THINNING; STRESS TENSORS; SYSTEMATIC METHOD; VISCOMETRIC FUNCTIONS;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; POLYMER MELTS; TENSORS; VISCOSITY;

CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS;

EID: 78650791793     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.3523485     Document Type: Article

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