A Perturbation Solution for Rigid Dumbbell Suspensions in Steady Shear Flow.

Abstract

The rigid dumbbell in a Newtonian solvent under hydrodynamic and Brownian forces is a simple model of solutions of rigid macromolecules with both theoretical and pedagogical applications 1,2. In this note, we show that expansion solutions in small, dimensionless shear rates, lambda gamma, have a finite radius of convergence. We also show that these solutions can be analytically continued to a much larger domain by standard techniques for accelerating the convergence of series.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA144876

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People

  • Seungchan Kim
  • X. Fan

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

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  • C4I

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  • Chemical Engineering
  • Contracts
  • Convergence
  • Corporations
  • Diffusion
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Flow
  • Macromolecules
  • Materials
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Shear Flow
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  • Wisconsin

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  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
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