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Finite time blow-up in the non-stretching Rolie Poly model: examples, interpretation, and corrections.

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Abstract

The non-stretching approximation of polymer rheology simplifies a constitutive equation but fundamentally changes its behavior in fast flows, and the circumstances under which fast flows emerge cannot always be predicted a-priori. In this paper, we consider two simple flows for which shear rates are bounded in the original RP model but diverge to infinity in finite time for the non-stretching RP model. The disparity between the full and non-stretching models can be resolved by extending the non-stretching approximation to second order in accuracy.

Publication: Vickie Chen, Brandon Wang, and Joseph D. Peterson, "Pathological predictions of the non-stretching approximation for entangled polymer rheology: finite-time blowup and the need for regularization", in prepration

Presenters

  • Joseph D Peterson

    University of California, Los Angeles

Authors

  • Vickie Chen

    University of California Los Angeles, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

  • Brandon Wang

    University of California Los Angeles, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

  • Joseph D Peterson

    University of California, Los Angeles