Objective kinetic theory for FENE dumbbell suspension

Abstract

The novelty of this work is that it takes a result of macromolecular theory that is not objective, and fixes it. To do so we use an objective vorticity tensor to obtain a fully frame invariant form of the classical constitutive equation for FENE dumbbell fluids obtained within the conceptual framework of kinetic theory for polymer solutions. The influence of such an objective formulation is discussed for steady shear flows.

Submitted to Open Transport (De Gruyter Brill)