Browsing HML Preprints (for all years) by Title
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How Dilute are Dilute Solutions in Extensional Flows?
(2007-01-23)We investigate the concentration-dependence of the characteristic relaxation time of dilute polymer solutions in transient uniaxial elongational flow. A series of monodisperse polystyrene solutions of five different ... -
Inductively Heated Shape Memory Polymer for the Magnetic Actuation of Medical Devices
(2007-01-23)Presently there is interest in making medical devices such as expandable stents and intravascular microactuators from shape memory polymer (SMP). One of the key challenges in realizing SMP medical devices is the implementation ... -
Linear to Non-linear Rheology of Wheat Flour Dough
(2007-01-23)We provide an overview of transient extensional rheometry techniques for wheat flour doughs in which the deformation and material response is well defined. The behavior of a range of model doughs was explored with a ... -
Preferential Association of Segment Blocks in Polyurethane Nanocomposites
(2007-01-23)Controlling the level of dispersion of silicate layers in polymer matrices through intermolecular interactions and exploiting these interactions to enhance thermomechanical behavior are key challenges in the field of polymer ... -
Tuning Gastropod Locomotion: Modeling The Influence Of Mucus Rheology on the Cost of Crawling
(2007-05-04)Common gastropods such as snails crawl on a solid substrate by propagating muscular waves of shear stress on a viscoelastic mucus. Producing the mucus accounts for the largest component in the gastropod’s energy budget, ...
