Kinetic models for dilute solutions of dumbbells in non-homogeneous flows revisited

Details Kinetic models for dilute solutions of dumbbells in non-homogeneous flows revisited Kinetic models for dilute solutions of dumbbells in non-homogeneous flows revisited

2010-01-14

arxiv.org/abs/1001.2406v1

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We propose a two fluid theory to model a dilute polymer solution assuming that it consists of two phases, polymer and solvent, with two distinct macroscopic velocities. The solvent phase velocity is governed by the macroscopic Navier-Stokes equations with the addition of a force term describing the interaction between the two phases. The polymer phase is described on the mesoscopic level using a dumbbell model and its macroscopic velocity is obtained through averaging. We start by writing down the full phase-space distribution function for the dumbbells and then obtain the inertialess limits for the Fokker-Planck equation and for the averaged friction force acting between the phases from a rigorous asymptotic analysis. The resulting equations are relevant to the modelling of strongly non-homogeneous flows, while the standard kinetic model is recovered in the locally homogeneous case.

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