 Oldroyd-B model (source code)

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= Oldroyd-B model
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The Oldroyd-B model combines a Newtonian solvent with infinitely extensible Hookean polymer dumbbells. It predicts constant shear viscosity, a positive first normal-stress difference, and an extensional catastrophe at a finite extension rate.

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