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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789216503321

Autore

Öttinger Hans C

Titolo

Stochastic Processes in Polymeric Fluids [[electronic resource] ] : Tools and Examples for Developing Simulation Algorithms / / by Hans C. Öttinger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 1996

ISBN

3-642-58290-7

Edizione

[1st ed. 1996.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXIV, 362 p. 3 illus.)

Disciplina

620.1/9204292

Soggetti

Polymers  

Chemical engineering

Condensed matter

Thermodynamics

Materials science

Computational intelligence

Polymer Sciences

Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering

Condensed Matter Physics

Characterization and Evaluation of Materials

Computational Intelligence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

1 Stochastic Processes, Polymer Dynamics, and Fluid Mechanics -- 1.1 Approach to Kinetic Theory Models -- 1.2 Flow Calculation and Material Functions -- References -- I Stochastic Processes -- 2 Basic Concepts from Stochastics -- 3 Stochastic Calculus -- II Polymer Dynamics -- 4 Bead-Spring Models for Dilute Solutions -- 5 Models with Constraints -- 6 Reptation Models for Concentrated Solutions and Melts -- Landmark Papers and Books -- Solutions to Exercises -- References -- Author Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book consists of two strongly interweaved parts: the mathematical theory of stochastic processes and its applications to molecular



theories of polymeric fluids. The comprehensive mathematical background provided in the first part should be equally useful in many other branches of engineering and the natural sciences. As a benefit from the second part one gains a more direct understanding of polymer dynamics, one can more easily identify exactly solvable models, and one can develop efficient computer simulation algorithms in a straightforward manner. In view of the many examples and exercises, on the one hand, and the numerous applications to problems from the front line of science, on the other hand, this volume may be used equally well as a basic textbook or as an up-to-date reference book.