Polymer stretching by turbulence

The stretching of a polymer chain by a large-scale chaotic flow is consider ed. The steady state which emerges as a balance of the turbulent stretching and anharmonic resistance of the chain is quantitatively described, i.e., the dependency on the flow parameters (Lyapunov exponent statistics) and th e chain characteristics (the number of beads and the interbead elastic pote ntial) is made explicit.