The Galerkin method is used to solve the diffusion equation of the distribution function in configurational space for a multibead-rod model,and the dimensionless components of the extra stress tensor are then calculat...The Galerkin method is used to solve the diffusion equation of the distribution function in configurational space for a multibead-rod model,and the dimensionless components of the extra stress tensor are then calculated by means of the expression of ensemble average.The material functions for steady-state shear flow and uniaxial flow and the mechanical properties of rigid-rodlike molecule suspen- sions in superposed flows are obtained numerically.The results indicate that it is promising to employ the mu ltibead-rod models without the constitutive equation in numerical simulations of flows of suspensions.展开更多
基金The project supported by the National Natural Science Fundation of China.
文摘The Galerkin method is used to solve the diffusion equation of the distribution function in configurational space for a multibead-rod model,and the dimensionless components of the extra stress tensor are then calculated by means of the expression of ensemble average.The material functions for steady-state shear flow and uniaxial flow and the mechanical properties of rigid-rodlike molecule suspen- sions in superposed flows are obtained numerically.The results indicate that it is promising to employ the mu ltibead-rod models without the constitutive equation in numerical simulations of flows of suspensions.
