Journal article
Desorption Overshoot in Polymer-Penetrant Systems: Asymptotic and Computational Results
SIAM journal on applied mathematics, v 63(1), pp 98-115
01 Jan 2002
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Abstract
Many practically relevant polymers undergoing desorption change from the rubbery (saturated) to the glassy (nearly dry) state. The dynamics of such systems cannot be described by the simple Fickian diffusion equation due to viscoelastic effects. The mathematical model solved numerically is a set of two coupled PDEs for concentration and stress. Asymptotic solutions are presented for a moving boundary-value problem for the two states in the short-time limit. The solutions exhibit desorption overshoot, where the penetrant concentration in the interior is less than that on the surface. In addition, it is shown that if the underlying time scale of the equations is ignored when postulating boundary conditions, nonphysical solutions can result.
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- Title
- Desorption Overshoot in Polymer-Penetrant Systems: Asymptotic and Computational Results
- Creators
- David A EdwardsRichard A Cairncross
- Publication Details
- SIAM journal on applied mathematics, v 63(1), pp 98-115
- Publisher
- Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000179329600004
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0036706212
- Other Identifier
- 991019174448904721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Mathematics, Applied