Stress singularities and the formation of birefringent strands in stagnation flows of dilute polymer solutions

DOI10.1016/j.jnnfm.2008.09.001zbMath1274.76088arXiv0901.4889OpenAlexW1977637767MaRDI QIDQ377049

Paul Becherer, Alexander N. Morozov, Wim van Saarloos

Publication date: 6 November 2013

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0901.4889

zbMATH Keywords

stagnation pointFENE modelbirefringent strandsingular behaviour

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60) Viscoelastic fluids (76A10)

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