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. 2019 Sep 28;24(19):3521. doi: 10.3390/molecules24193521
α Deformation of the system (Statistical Mechanics)
F Deformation Tensor
ρ Density
Divergence operator
S Entropy
T First Piola–Kirchhoff stress tensor
χ Flory–Huggins Parameter
Q Fluid Flux
ρ fluid specific mass
G Gibbs Free Energy
F Helmholtz Free Energy
I Identity Tensor
U Internal Energy associated with Enthalpy
J Determinant of the deformation tensor (Volume change)
Q Lagrangian vector
λ Principal stretch
χ Mixture theory mapping function
M Mass
G Moduli
μ¯ Molar chemical potential
V¯ Molar Volume
μel Number of elastic junctions
z Number of lattice connections
N Number of molecules
Π Osmotic pressure
k Permeability
p (subscript) polymer
p pore pressure
r Radius
r repeat units
C right Cauchy–Green strain tensor
S second Piola–Kirchhoff stress tensor
s (subscript) solvent
σ Stress
T Temperature
R Universal Gas Constant
V Volume
ϕ Volume Fraction