简介:TheconstitutiveequationforasemiconcentratedfibresuspensionintheOldroyd-Bfluidhasbeenderivedfromastatisticalmodelofsuchasuspensionbyemployingthemoleculartheoryforpolymericliquids.Tocircumventtheoreticaldifficultiesinviscoelasticfluidmechanics,severalsimplifiedmodelsareusedtoaccountfortheinteractionsoffibresandpolymermolecules.Someofmaterialfunctionsarecalculatedintermsoftheconstitutiveequation.