Deformation of a flexible polymer in a random flow with long correlation time

Details Deformation of a flexible polymer in a random flow with long correlation time Deformation of a flexible polymer in a random flow with long correlation time

2010-12-09

arxiv.org/abs/1012.1978v1

Nonlinear Sciences

Chaotic Dynamics

10 pages

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The effects induced by long temporal correlations of the velocity gradients on the dynamics of a flexible polymer are investigated by means of theoretical and numerical analysis of the Hookean and FENE dumbbell models in a random renewing flow. For Hookean dumbbells, we show that long temporal correlations strongly suppress the Weissenberg-number dependence of the power-law tail characterising the probability density function (PDF) of the elongation. For the FENE model, the PDF becomes bimodal, and the coil-stretch transition occurs through the simultaneous drop and rise of the two peaks associated with the coiled and stretched configurations, respectively.

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