Constitutive theory for macromolecular media

Dennis A. Siginer, Yuri G. Yanovsky

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Abstract

The authors present a theory on the dynamics of polymeric melts and concentrated solutions in which the effective medium surrounding the macromolecule is conceived of as an anisotropic nonlinear viscoelastic fluid. The chains surrounding the macromolecule are treated as a set of Brownian particles strongly connected with each other by elastic forces. The Brownian particles are modeled using the Gaussian subchain concept. A stochastic average taken over the immediate neighborhood of a given macromolecule defines a continuum with inherent memory effects which change under deformation depending on the orientation of the macromolecules surrounding the particular chain.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDevelopments in Non - Newtonian Flows
EditorsDennis A. Siginer, William E. VanArsdale, Cengiz M. Altan, Andreas N. Alexandrou
PublisherPubl by ASME
Pages35
Number of pages1
ISBN (Print)0791810380
Publication statusPublished - 1993
EventProceedings of the 1993 ASME Winter Annual Meeting - New Orleans, LA, USA
Duration: Nov 28 1993Dec 3 1993

Publication series

NameAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers, Applied Mechanics Division, AMD
Volume175
ISSN (Print)0160-8835

Other

OtherProceedings of the 1993 ASME Winter Annual Meeting
CityNew Orleans, LA, USA
Period11/28/9312/3/93

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Mechanical Engineering

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