Polymers in linear shear flow: a numerical study
Chaotic Dynamics
2015-06-26 v1
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.
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@article{arxiv.nlin/0503029,
title = {Polymers in linear shear flow: a numerical study},
author = {A. Celani and A. Puliafito and K. Turitsyn},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:nlin/0503029},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
7 pages, see also the preceding paper (http://arxiv.org/nlin.CD/0503028)