Thermodynamic admissibility of the extended Pom-Pom model for branched polymers

The thermodynamic consistency of the eXtended Pom-Pom (XPP) model for branched polymers of Verbeeten et al. [W.M.H. Verbeeten, G.W.M. Peters, F.P.T. Baaijens, Differential constitutive equations for polymer melts: the extended pom-pom model, J. Rheol. 45 (4) (2001) 823–843; W.M.H. Verbeeten, G.W.M. Peters, F.P.T. Baaijens, Differential constitutive equations for polymer melts: the extended pom-pom model (vol 45, pg 823–843, 2001), J. Rheol. 45 (6) (2001) 1489] as well as its modified version [J. van Meerveld, Note on the thermodynamic consistency of the integral pom-pom model, J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech. 108 (1–3) (2002) 291–299] is investigated from the perspective of non-equilibrium thermodynamics, namely the General Equation for Non-Equilibrium Reversible–Irreversible Coupling (GENERIC) framework. The thermodynamic admissibility of the XPP model is shown for both its original and modified form. According to the GENERIC formalism, the parameter α introduced by Verbeeten et al. to predict non-zero second normal stress in shear flows must fulfill the condition 0 ≤ α ≤ 1.

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