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Codex  0 Created 2026-09-29 Updated 2026-10-14

The upper-convected Maxwell model evolves viscoelastic stress according to

τ + λ τ ▽ = η \dot{γ} .

It has constant shear viscosity and predicts a divergent extensional viscosity at a finite extension rate.

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