The California Mastitis Test has previously been adapted for use in an inline, cow-side sensor and relies on the fact that the viscosity of the gel formed during the test is proportional to the somatic cell concentration. In this paper, the use of capillary and rotational viscometry was compared in light of the expected rheology of the gel formed during the test. It was found that the gel is no...

A combination of different levels of distillers dried grains processed for food application (FDDG), garbanzo flour and corn grits were chosen as a source of high-protein and high-fiber extruded snacks. A four-factor central composite rotatable design was adopted to study the effect of FDDG level, moisture content of blends, extrusion temperature, and screw speed on the apparent viscosity, mass ...

The relative immobility of foam in porous media suppresses the formation of fingers during oil displacement leading to a more stable displacement which is desired in various processes such as Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) or soil remediation practices. Various parameters may influence the efficiency of foam-assisted oil displacement such as properties of oil, the permeability and heterogeneity of...

1. A modified falling ball viscometer (rolling ball viscometer) for blood and other humors is presented. It is capable of easily measuring flow properties at several stresses, as is required to define satisfactorily the properties of anomalous flow systems. At high shearing stresses, apparent specific viscosity values of 2.5 + are observed, corresponding to 2.2 +/-0.2 reported as possible with ...

1 Viscosity of an electro-rheological suspension with internal rotations. Synopsis The rheological behaviour of a suspension of insulating particles dispersed in a slightly conducting liquid under the action of a DC electric field is studied. The polarisation of the particles induced by the field is shown to be responsible for a rotation of the particles (Quincke rotation) which, in turn, leads...

in order to improve food texture, hydrocolloids are used widely as gelling material in food systems. wild sage seed has remarkable amounts of gum (mucilage) with good functional properties. this mucilage also improves the rheological, textural and functional properties of foods. in this study the effects of different drying methods including hot air drying (40, 50, 60, 70 and 80°c), freeze dryi...

wheat germ is a by-product of milling industry rich in fiber, tocopherol, unsaturated fatty acids, polyphenol, minerals and protein. in this study, effect of adding raw and stabilized wheat germ on the characteristics of cake batter such as specific gravity, viscosity and cake properties such as volume, apparent density, solid density, porosity, water activity, moisture and firmness was studied...

In this paper we examine the effect of mild stenosis on blood flow, in an irregular axisymmetric artery with oscillating pressure gradient. The Herschel-Bulkley fluid model has been utilized for this study. The combined influence of an asymmetric shape and surface irregularities of constriction has been explored in this computational study. An extensive quantitative analysis has been performed ...

Ultrasonic velocities in solution of tetrabutylammonium bromide (TBAB) in 10, 20 and 30 %w/w N, N– dimethylformamide (DMF)-water mixtures were measured at 303 K, 308 K and 313 K by using the pulse echo overlap method at a frequency of 3 MHz. The ultrasonic velocity, density, and viscosity were used to calculate the adiabatic compressibility, apparent molal compressibility, apparent molal volume...