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The second project is a new method for the simulation of semidilute polymers in planar extensional flow that utilizes a consistently averaged method of calculating hydrodynamic interactions that greatly reduces the run time of the simulations. Through the use of the Kraynik-Reinelt boundary conditions, simulation times are not limited by the use of flow. 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