Texture Evolution of Sheared Liquid Chrystalline Polymers

Texture Evolution of Sheared Liquid Chrystalline Polymers- Extensive technical paper presenting the results of a theoretical and experimental study of the textural evolution of liquid crystal polymer (LCP) systems under planar shear at high shear rates, based on computational simulation using a molecular model with distortional elasticity. Authors: G. Sgalari, L.G. Leal and E. Meiburg.