Preferred Label : bead-spring model;
IUPAC definition : A model simulating the hydrodynamic properties of a chain macromolecule consisting
of a sequence of beads, each of which offers hydrodynamic resistance to the flow of
the surrounding medium and is connected to the next bead by a spring which does not
contribute to the frictional interaction but which is responsible for the elastic
and deformational properties of the chain. The mutual orientation of the springs is
random.;
Origin ID : B00620;
See also
A model simulating the hydrodynamic properties of a chain macromolecule consisting
of a sequence of beads, each of which offers hydrodynamic resistance to the flow of
the surrounding medium and is connected to the next bead by a spring which does not
contribute to the frictional interaction but which is responsible for the elastic
and deformational properties of the chain. The mutual orientation of the springs is
random.
