The method of non-equilibrium molecular dynamics, with special emphasis on the simulation of a plane Couette flow, and results for simple fluids are reviewed briefly. Then simulation data are presented for complex fluids, in particular for polymeric liquids and anisotropic fluids such as nematic...

After some general remarks on order in fluids and the anisotropy of distribution functions, results obtained by theoretical considerations and by nonequilibrium molecular dynamics computer simulations are presented for two specific examples. These are the influences of a shear flow, firstly, on...