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Models for Polymeric andAnisotropic Liquids

By Martin Kröger (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2005
ISBN
3540262105, 9783540262107
DOI
10.1007/b105182
Open Library ID
OL9055652M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
2 MB (1976094 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Physics 675
Edition
1
Pages
234\238
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11
Complex Fluids;Polymer Sciences;MechanicsFluidsSoft MatterThermodynamics;Numerical and Computational Methods

Description

Models should be as simple as possible, but no simpler. For the physics of polymeric liquids, whose relevant lengths and time scales are out of reach for first principles calculations, this means that we have to choose a minimum set of sufficiently detailed descriptors such as architecture (linear, ring, branched), connectivity, semiflexibility, stretchability, excluded volume, and hydrodynamic interaction. These 'universal' fluids allow the prediction of material properties under external flow- or electrodynamic fields, the results being expressed in terms of reference units, specific for any particular chosen material. This book provides an introduction to the kinetic theory and computer simulation methods needed to handle these models and to interpret the results. Also included are a number of sample applications and computer codes.

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