Upscaling of viscoelastic properties of highly-filled composites: Investigation of matrix–inclusion-type morphologies with power-law viscoelastic material response

2009 ◽  
Vol 69 (14) ◽  
pp. 2410-2420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ch. Pichler ◽  
R. Lackner
Keyword(s):  
Power Law ◽  
Viscoelastic Material ◽  
Viscoelastic Properties ◽  
Inclusion Type ◽  
Material Response

Plateau–Rayleigh instability in a soft viscoelastic material

Soft Matter ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. I. Tamim ◽  
J. B. Bostwick
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Stability Analysis ◽  
Dynamic Stability ◽  
Viscoelastic Material ◽  
Viscoelastic Properties ◽  
Rayleigh Instability ◽  
Cylindrical Interface

A soft cylindrical interface endowed with surface tension can be unstable to wavy undulations. The most unstable wavelength depends upon the viscoelastic properties of the material and is determined by a dynamic stability analysis.

Properties of Mouse Cutaneous Rapidly Adapting Afferents: Relationship to Skin Viscoelasticity

2004 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 1236-1240 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Grigg ◽  
D. R. Robichaud ◽  
Z. Del Prete
Keyword(s):  
Viscoelastic Material ◽  
Material Properties ◽  
Viscoelastic Properties ◽  
Mechanical Response ◽  
Loss Modulus ◽  
Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Rate Of Change ◽  
Volterra Model ◽  
Lower Sensitivity ◽  
Dynamic Stimuli

When skin is stretched, stimuli experienced by a cutaneous mechanoreceptor neuron are transmitted to the nerve ending through the skin. In these experiments, we tested the hypothesis that the viscoelastic response of the skin influences the dynamic response of cutaneous rapidly adapting (RA) neurons. Cutaneous RA afferent neurons were recorded in 3 species of mice (Tsk, Pallid, and C57BL6) whose skin has different viscoelastic properties. Isolated samples of skin and nerve were stimulated mechanically with a dynamic stretch stimulus, which followed a pseudo Gaussian waveform with a bandwidth of 0–60 Hz. The mechanical response of the skin was measured as were responses of single RA cutaneous mechanoreceptor neurons. For each neuron, the strength of association between spike responses and the dynamic and static components of stimuli were determined with multiple logistic regression analysis. The viscoelastic material properties of each skin sample were determined indirectly, by creating a nonlinear (Wiener–Volterra) model of the stress–strain relationship, and using the model to predict the complex compliance (i.e., the viscoelastic material properties). The dynamic sensitivity of RA mechanoreceptor neurons in mouse hairy skin was weakly related to the viscoelastic properties of the skin. Loss modulus and phase angle were lower (indicating a decreased viscous component of response) in Tsk and Pallid than in C57BL6 mice. However, RA mechanoreceptor neurons in Tsk and Pallid skin did not differ from those in C57 skin with regard to their sensitivity to the rate of change of stress or to the rate of change of incremental strain energy. They did have a decreased sensitivity to the rate of change of tensile strain. Thus the skin samples with lower dynamic mechanical response contained neurons with a somewhat lower sensitivity to dynamic stimuli.

Force modeling to develop a novel method for fabrication of hollow channels inside a gel structure

2019 ◽  
Vol 234 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ranjit Barua ◽  
Himanshu Giria ◽  
Sudipto Datta ◽  
Amit Roy Chowdhury ◽  
Pallab Datta
Keyword(s):  
Viscoelastic Material ◽  
Biomedical Engineering ◽  
Viscoelastic Properties ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Microfluidic Devices ◽  
Robotic Arm ◽  
Complex Geometries ◽  
Gel Structure ◽  
Force Modeling ◽  
Novel Method

Fabrication of hollow channels with user-defined dimensions and patterns inside viscoelastic, gel-type materials is required for several applications, especially in biomedical engineering domain. These include objectives of obtaining vascularized tissues and enclosed or subsurface microfluidic devices. However, presently there is no suitable manufacturing technology that can create such channels and networks in a gel structure. The advent of three-dimensional bioprinting has opened new possibilities for fabricating structures with complex geometries. However, application of this technique to fabricate internal hollow channels in viscoelastic material has not been yet explored to a great extent. In this article, we present the theoretical modeling/background of a proposed manufacturing paradigm through which hollow channels can be conveniently fabricated inside a gel structure. We propose that a tip connected to a robotic arm can be moved in X-, Y-, and Z-axis as per the desired design. The tip can be moved by a magnet or mechanical force. If the tip is further trailed with porous tube and moved inside the viscoelastic material, corresponding internal channels can be fabricated. To achieve this, however, force modeling to understand the forces that will be required to move the tip inside viscoelastic material should be known and understood. Therefore, in our first attempt, we developed the computational force modeling of the tip movement inside gels with different viscoelastic properties to create the channels.

Acoustic Scattering by a Fluid-Encapsulating Spherical Viscoelastic Membrane Including Thermoviscous Effects

2005 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 205-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyyed M. Hasheminejad
Keyword(s):  
Viscoelastic Material ◽  
Viscoelastic Properties ◽  
Scattering Problem ◽  
Acoustic Scattering ◽  
Closed Form Solution ◽  
Practical Interest ◽  
Directivity Pattern ◽  
Form Solution ◽  
Heat Conducting ◽  
Harmonic Field

AbstractThis study provides a general analysis for scattering of a planar monochromatic compressional sound wave by a fluid-filled viscoelastic spherical membrane immersed in an unbounded viscous heat-conducting compressible fluid. The thermoviscous effects in the fluid are incorporated by application of a thin boundary layer model. The dynamic viscoelastic properties of the spherical membrane are rigorously taken into account in the solution of the acoustic-scattering problem. Havriliak-Negami model for viscoelastic material behaviour along with the appropriate wave-harmonic field expansions and the pertinent boundary conditions are employed to develop a closed-form solution in form of infinite series. Subsequently, the basic acoustic quantities, such as the scattered far-field pressure directivity pattern, and the scattering cross section are evaluated for given sets of viscoelastic material properties. Numerical results clearly indicate that, in addition to the traditional fluid thermoviscosity-related mechanisms, dynamic viscoelastic properties of the obstacle can be of significance in sound scattering. The presented analysis is of practical interest in development of contrast agents for echocardiographic research with potential clinical applications.

scholarly journals Noise Reduction Evaluation of Multi-Layered Viscoelastic Infinite Cylinder under Acoustical Wave Excitation

2008 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 551-572 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.R. Mofakhami ◽  
H. Hosseini Toudeshky ◽  
Sh. Hosseini Hashemi
Keyword(s):  
Noise Reduction ◽  
Viscoelastic Material ◽  
Viscoelastic Properties ◽  
Separation Of Variables ◽  
Theory Of Elasticity ◽  
Acoustic Medium ◽  
Viscoelastic Layer ◽  
Infinite Cylinder ◽  
Frequency Dependent ◽  
Uniform Noise

In this paper sound transmission through the multilayered viscoelastic air filled cylinders subjected to the incident acoustic wave is studied using the technique of separation of variables on the basis of linear three dimensional theory of elasticity. The effect of interior acoustic medium on the mode maps (frequency vs geometry) and noise reduction is investigated. The effects of internal absorption and external moving medium on noise reduction are also evaluated. The dynamic viscoelastic properties of the structure are rigorously taken into account with a power law technique that models the viscoelastic damping of the cylinder. A parametric study is also performed for the two layered infinite cylinders to obtain the effect of viscoelastic layer characteristics such as thickness, material type and frequency dependency of viscoelastic properties on the noise reduction. It is shown that using constant and frequency dependent viscoelastic material with high loss factor leads to the uniform noise reduction in the frequency domain. It is also shown that the noise reduction obtained for constant viscoelastic material property is subjected to some errors in the low frequency range with respect to those obtained for the frequency dependent viscoelastic material.Noise reduction analyses are also performed for the infinite cylinder subjected to the periodic incident wave with uniform and piecewise form.

scholarly journals On the time-temperature equivalency in green wood: Characterisation of viscoelastic properties in longitudinal direction

Holzforschung ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Dlouhá ◽  
Bruno Clair ◽  
Olivier Arnould ◽  
Petr Horáček ◽  
Joseph Gril
Keyword(s):  
Power Law ◽  
Viscoelastic Properties ◽  
Creep Behaviour ◽  
Longitudinal Direction ◽  
Temperature Dependency ◽  
Arrhenius Law ◽  
Degree Polynomial ◽  
Creep Tests ◽  
Softening Effect ◽  
Green Wood

Abstract Aiming at modelling tree mechanics, viscoelastic properties of green wood along fibres was investigated through a sequence of creep tests in the temperature range of 30°C–70°C. The apparent validity of time-temperature equivalency was questioned by discrepancies evidenced in the approximated complex plane (ACP). This paradox was solved by assuming that the temperature not only accelerates the viscoelastic processes but also slightly increases their intensity. This softening effect of the temperature on the compliance was described by a 2nd degree polynomial. Time-temperature dependency fitted very well to the Arrhenius law up to 60°C. Based on the ACP, the power law was proposed for modelling creep behaviour in green wood. The method was successfully used for all specimens investigated.

scholarly journals Imaging viscoelastic properties of live cells by AFM: power-law rheology on the nanoscale

Soft Matter ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (23) ◽  
pp. 4584-4591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabian M. Hecht ◽  
Johannes Rheinlaender ◽  
Nicolas Schierbaum ◽  
Wolfgang H. Goldmann ◽  
Ben Fabry ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Law ◽  
Viscoelastic Properties ◽  
Live Cells

Viscoelastic material response with a fractional-derivative constitutive model

AIAA Journal ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 596-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
William P. Baker ◽  
Lloyd B. Eldred ◽  
Anthony N. Palazotto
Keyword(s):  
Constitutive Model ◽  
Fractional Derivative ◽  
Viscoelastic Material ◽  
Material Response
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