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Polymers in linear shear flow: A numerical study

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: We study the dynamics of a single polymer subject to thermal fluctuations in a linear shear flow. The polymer is modeled as a finitely extendable nonlinear elastic (FENE) dumbbell. Both orientation and elongation dynamics are investigated numerically as a function of the shear strength, by means of a new efficient integration algorithm. The results are in agreement with recent experiments.

Source: Europhysics Letters (EPL)

DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2005-10015-5

Authors: A Celani, A Puliafito, K Turitsyn

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Physique de Nice, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics

Language: English

Topic: Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies

Subfield: Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

Field: Chemical Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Los Alamos National Laboratory

OpenAlex ID: W2073055831

FWCI: 3.682

Cites: 20

Cited by: 65

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