Effects of a radial electric field on the thinning of a slightly viscoelastic liquid jet
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DOI: 10.1007/s10404-017-1861-3
Abstract: In this work, we study numerically the thinning of a perfectly conducting, slightly viscoelastic liquid jet under a radial electric field by using a one-dimensional model. In the presence of the electric field, the viscoelastic… read more here.
Keywords: electric field; jet; viscoelastic liquid; liquid jet ... See more keywords
Viscoelastic liquid curtains: experimental results on the flow of a falling sheet of polymer solution
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DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2019.389
Abstract: We experimentally investigate the extensional flow of a sheet – or curtain – of viscoelastic liquid falling freely from a slot at constant flow rate under gravity. Extruded liquids are aqueous solutions of flexible polyethylene… read more here.
Keywords: viscoelastic liquid; unicode stix; polymer; sheet ... See more keywords
Electrokinetics in Viscoelastic Liquid Electrolytes above the Diffusion Limit
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b00536
Abstract: Electrodeposition of metals at planar electrodes is known to be fundamentally unstable in liquid electrolytes driven at high ionic currents. The instability is thought to arise from unstable hydrod... read more here.
Keywords: viscoelastic liquid; electrolytes diffusion; liquid; liquid electrolytes ... See more keywords
Convective and absolute instability of viscoelastic liquid jets in the presence of gravity
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DOI: 10.1063/1.5089242
Abstract: The convective and absolute instability of a viscoelastic liquid jet falling under gravity is examined for axisymmetrical disturbances. We use the upper-convected Maxwell model to provide a mathema... read more here.
Keywords: absolute instability; viscoelastic liquid; convective absolute; gravity ... See more keywords
Migrating Epithelial Monolayer Flows Like a Maxwell Viscoelastic Liquid.
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.088102
Abstract: We perform a bidimensional Stokes experiment in an active cellular material: an autonomously migrating monolayer of Madin-Darby canine kidney epithelial cells flows around a circular obstacle within a long and narrow channel, involving an interplay… read more here.
Keywords: viscoelastic liquid; maxwell viscoelastic; monolayer; rate ... See more keywords