A constitutive equation for monodomains of nematic polymers

DOI10.1016/0377-0257(92)80067-8zbMath0784.76008OpenAlexW2084417172MaRDI QIDQ1208977

Pier Luca Maffettone

Publication date: 16 May 1993

Published in: Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0377-0257(92)80067-8

zbMATH Keywords

diffusion equationconstitutive equationclosure approximationorientational distribution functionfourth-rank tensorrigid-rod model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Liquid crystals (76A15)

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