The objective of this chapter is to introduce and to illustrate the frequent and wide occurrence of non-Newtonian fluid behaviour in a diverse range of applications, both in nature and in technology. Starting with the definition of a nonNewtonian fluid, different types of non-Newtonian characteristics are briefly described. Representative examples of materials (foams, suspensions, polymer solut...

Chemical cleansing by denture cleansers is the first choice for denture plaque control of tissue conditioners. This study evaluated the influences of denture cleansers on the surface quality of tissue conditioners by determining surface roughness and porosity. Three tissue conditioners (Hydro-Cast, SR-Ivoseal, Visco-Gel) and 3 types of denture cleansers (Pika [enzyme type], Polident [neutral pe...

The structure and visco-elastic properties of K2Te4O9 have been examined as a function of temperature, using neutron scattering and Brillouin light scattering, respectively. The neutron scattering data indicate that the coordination of tellurium by oxygen changes notably once the material is heated above the glass transition temperature. This and the associated decrease in elastic modulus are c...

Converged computations with the DEBS code indicate that, within the force-free resistive MHD model in a doubly periodic cylinder with perfectly conducting boundary conditions, the appearance of single-helicity or multihelicity states is determined primarily by the Hartmann number, and is relatively independent of the pinch parameter or the degree of field reversal. 1 Similarity Scaling in Visco...

Abstract The present paper analyzes an unsteady magnetohydrodynamic blood flow model of visco-elastic fluid through inclined porous stenosed artery with body acceleration and slip effect. Navier-Stokes equations have been used to describe the model. governing equation is solved by analytic method considering as incompressible, fluid, suspension RBC’s in plasma. Axial velocity, acceleration, rat...

Quasi-static processes in nonlinear visco-elastic materials of solid-type are here represented by the system: σ −B(x) : ∂ε ∂t ∈ β(ε, x), −divσ = f , (∗) coupled with initial and boundary conditions. Here σ denotes the stress tensor, ε the linearized strain tensor, B(x) the viscosity tensor, β(·, x) a (possibly multi-valued) maximal monotone mapping, and f an applied load. Existence and uniquene...

This paper reports on the evolution of the spatial (sketchbased) query language VISCO and its implementation. The first design of VISCO’s query language was presented at VL ’97. The language is based on a strong naive physics metaphor for query objects (e.g. marbles, nails, rubberbands). We shortly review the prominent aspects of the revised version of VISCO’s query language. The main focus of ...

Particle diiusion in rotating drums is studied via computer simulations using a full 3-D model which does not involve any arbitrary input parameters. The diiusion coeecient for single-component systems agree qualitatively with previous experimental results. On the other hand, the diiusion coeecient for two-component systems is shown to be a highly nonlinear function of the rotation velocity. It...

This paper is an pedagogical essay on the scenario of the instabilities and the transition to turbulence in visco-elastic polymer flows. When polymers are long, they get easily stretched by the shear present in flows, and the viscosity of the solution or melt is large. As a result, inertial effects are usually negligible as the Reynolds numbers are small but the fluid is strongly nonNewtonian d...