CONSEQUENCES OF A CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE OF FLEXIBLE MACROMOLECULES ON THE NON-NEWTONIAN BEHAVIOUR OF THEIR SOLUTIONS

Abstract
The shearthickening behaviour of flexible macromolecules in dilute solutions in a simple shear flow is predicted under the assumption of a transconformation from a random coil to a deformed coil at a critical shear rate. Some numerical results for polydisperse solutions in a constant shear rate flow, and monodisperse and polydisperse solutions in a Poiseuille flow are presented

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