Brownian dynamics simulation of macromolecules in steady shear flow
- 1 December 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 79 (11) , 5730-5731
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.445660
Abstract
A nonequilibrium Brownian dynamics technique is used to simulate a dilute solution of polymers in a steady shear flow. Results for the mean square end‐to‐end length of a Rouse chain agree very well with theoretical results from polymerkinetic theory.Keywords
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