Differential Equations and Continuum Mechanics

Abstract

Recent advances in materials science and synthetic chemistry have led to the development and design of new classes of polymeric materials with desirable and beneficial properties. These are of enormous importance in many industrial and military situations. Most of these materials have features not well understood scientifically and not explainable with current standard equations of motion. The authors looked at several classes of these polymers with the intent of developing the nonlinear models for the study of transport by and through them. The models are then applied to specific new technological problems necessitating the development of new asymptotic, perturbation and numerical techniques for their solutions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 02, 1989
Accession Number
ADA208637

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  • Donald S. Cohen

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  • California Institute of Technology

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  • Air Force
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Chemistry
  • Continuum Mechanics
  • Differential Equations
  • Diffusion
  • Diffusion Coefficient
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Formulas (Mathematics)
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Traveling Waves

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  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
  • Polymer Science and Technology
  • Systems Analysis and Design