2001-05-09
10:15 at ML J 37.1

Dual integrators for polymer kinetic theory

Patrick Ilg

Institute of Polymers, ETH Zurich

The structure of generalized canonical (quasi-equilibrium) ensembles is used to derive constitutive equations from kinetic theories, as well as to develop numerical schemes for them. Results for model systems such as liquid crystalline polymers and finite extensible nonlinear elastic model are presented.