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We derive nonlinear hydrodynamic equations for visco-elastic media using the Eulerian description for all macroscopic quantities and especially for the strain tensor. The form of the convective nonlinearities is fixed by the requirement that in the appropriate limit the hydrodynamic equations for solids have to emerge. Differences to previous descriptions are discussed.
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Received: 26 July 1999 Accepted: 2 May 2000
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Pleiner, H., Liu, M. & Brand, H. The structure of convective nonlinearities in polymer rheology. Rheol. Acta 39, 560–565 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003970000100
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003970000100