Polymer Dynamics: Non-Newtonian Intrinsic Viscosity

Abstract

The operator techniques developed in the preceding paper are here applied to the determination of the intrinsic viscosity as a function of excluded volume and shear rate. The force constants which represent the excluded‐volume interaction are determined, at nonvanishing shear rate, by a criterion of self‐consistency. Numerical results are given for the intrinsic viscosity and the equilibrium expansion of the mean‐square end‐to‐end distance.