The paper is dedicated to the investigations of purely viscous fluids in constant velocity squeeze flow, between two parallel disks. The influence of fluid rheological properties on normal force distribution and the interpretation of the obtained results is investigated. The analysis includes both experimental and numerical investigations. All results are being compared with theoretical predict...

The fluid dynamics of expanding and contracting tube is investigated mathematically using both the Navier-Stokes and continuity equations for an incompressible viscous fluid. The problem admits similarity solution, thereby reducing the unsteady Navier-Stokes equations to a parameter dependent fourth order nonlinear ordinary differential equation. Analytical solutions are constructed for the pro...

rheological properties of chocolate are important in manufacturing process for obtaining high-quality products with well-defined texture and are directly influenced by composition and their refining time. soy protein benefits from nutritional and functional properties to be used in different foods. effects of different replacement levels of skim milk powder by soy flour, (from 0 to 100%) and ba...

The results of the present research showed that the healthy synovial fluid (SF) exhibits small viscosity changes as a function of the temperature and satisfactory viscoelastic characteristics. On the contrary, in pathological conditions (e.g. cases of rupture of the cranial cruciate ligament), measured viscosity for the same shear rate region was found drastically decreased, i.e. between 0.1 Pa...

A prescription of model dental anti-inflammatory gels has been worked out on the base of cellulose derivatives with the content of saccharic alcohols: xylitol and sorbitol. The effect of saccharic alcohol on rheological parameters (extensibility and viscosity) of the produced gels was tested. Taking into account application, the most beneficial results of rheological tests were obtained for gel...

We propose an optical technique, based on dynamic light scattering, for investigating the local rheological response of a complex fluid over a frequency range larger than that provided by standard mechanical instrumentation. The low-coherence radiation used in a fiber optics configuration allows the measurements to be confined to a small volume around a tenth of a picoliter. The ability of the ...

Hyaluronic acid (HA) microparticles crosslinked with divinyl sulfone (DVS) are primarily used in viscosupplementation to restore the viscoelastic properties of synovial fluid in the treatment of joint diseases. The crosslinking degree provides the swelling and rheological properties required for injectable application and biological stability. In this work, we studied the effects of alkaline me...

In this paper we describe a design of an innovative immersive Haptic Black Box (HBB) based on Magneto Rheological Fluids (MRF). By exploiting results from an accurate analysis performed on a previously operating haptic display a new device capable of exciting the MRF with improved performance in terms of magnetic field intensity and spatial resolution has been developed. Due to the core structu...

At the microscale, cantilever vibrations depend not only on the microstructure’s properties and geometry but also on the properties of the surrounding medium. In fact, when a microcantilever vibrates in a fluid, the fluid offers resistance to the motion of the beam. The study of the influence of the hydrodynamic force on the microcantilever’s vibrational spectrum can be used to either (1) optim...

Previous research has shown that adding a small amount of a second immiscible fluid to particulate suspension can result in a significant influence on viscosity. In this study, the effects of the second fluid addition over a small dosage range on the rheological properties of particle suspension were investigated. As the dosage of the second fluid was increased, the viscosity and yield stress i...