FENE

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FENE stands for the finitely extensible nonlinear elastic model of a long-chained polymer. It simplifies the chain of monomers by connecting a sequence of beads with nonlinear springs. The spring force law is governed by inverse Langevin function or approximated by the Warner's relationship

<math>F_i=\frac{H R_i}{1-(R/L_{max})^2}</math>

See also

FENE-P

References

Dynamics of dissolved polymer chains in isotropic turbulence

External links

  • QPolymer: an open source FENE model Brownian dynamics simulation software