Fluid Elasticity of Na-Polyacrylate Solutions

Elasticity of synovial fluid.

Osmotic swelling of polyacrylate hydrogels in physiological salt solutions.

The swelling behavior of fully neutralized sodium polyacrylate gels was investigated in aqueous solutions of alkali metal (LiCl, NaCl, KCl, CsCl) and alkaline earth metal salts (CaCl2, SrCl2, BaCl2). The total salt concentration and the ratio of monovalent to divalent cations were varied in the biologically significant range. It is found that the concentrations of both monovalent and divalent c...

Existence of weak solutions in elasticity

EXACT SOLUTIONS FOR FLOW OF A SISKO FLUID IN PIPE

By means of He's homotopy perturbation method (HPM) an approximate solution of velocity eld is derived for the ow in straight pipes of non-Newtonian uid obeying the Sisko model. The nonlinear equations governing the ow in pipe are for- mulated and analyzed, using homotopy perturbation method due to He. Furthermore, the obtained solutions for velocity eld is graphically sketched...

Elasticity of (K,Na)AlSi3O8 hollandite from lattice dynamics calculations

We compute the elastic constants tensor and the seismic properties of KAlSi3O8 and K0.8Na0.2AlSi3O8 up to the ferroelastic transition using density-functional theory and density-functional perturbation theory in the ABINIT implementation. We observe a softening of the tetragonal shear with pressure that precedes the ferroelastic transition. The Reuss shear moduli become negative at respectively...