A Note on a Kinetic Model for Rod-Like Particle Suspensions

Abstract

A system, coupled by an incompressible Navier-Stokes and a Fokker-Planck equation, is investigated. The global weak solution with small initial data is obtained.

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Li, X. (2013) A Note on a Kinetic Model for Rod-Like Particle Suspensions. Journal of Applied Mathematics and Physics, 1, 8-11. doi: 10.4236/jamp.2013.15002.

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