Non-maximum entropy polymer elasticity, viscoelasticity and the lattice Boltzmann method
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2010
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Various models of viscoelasticity exist based on continuum mechanics. In this work a statistical mechanical approach is taken to derive a new isotropic, hyperelastic, viscoelastic, incompressible constitutive equation for polymers. The result has been achieved by generating a novel physics for the microscopic behaviour of polymers. A vocabulary has been created to facilitate the physics. A new differential equation describing polymer behaviour is derived based on the mathematical description of the physics.
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Benjamin, R. 2010. Non-maximum entropy polymer elasticity, viscoelasticity and the lattice Boltzmann method. University of Cape Town.