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The effects of the surrounding viscoelastic media on the buckling behavior of single microfilament within the cell: A mechanical model

  • Khadimallah, Mohamed A.;Safeer, Muhammad;Taj, Muhammad;Ayed, Hamdi;Hussain, Muzamal;Bouzgarrou, Souhail Mohamed;Mahmoud, S.R.;Ahmad, Manzoor;Tounsi, Abdelouahed
    • Advances in concrete construction
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.141-149
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    • 2020
  • In the present study, a mechanical model is applied to account the effects of the surrounding viscoelastic media on the buckling behavior of single microfilament within the cell. The model immeasurably associates filament's bending rigidity, neighboring system elasticity, and cytosol viscosity with buckling wavelengths, buckling growth rates and buckling amplitudes of the filament. Cytoskeleton components in living cell bear large compressive force and are responsible in maintaining the cell shape. Actually these filaments are surrounded by viscoelastic media consisting of other filaments network and viscous cytosole within the cell. This surrounding, viscoelastic media affects the buckling behavior of these filaments when external force is applied on these filaments. The obtained results, indicate that the coupling of viscoelastic media with the viscous cytosol greatly affect the buckling behavior of microfilament. The buckling forces increased with the increase in the intensity of surrounding viscoelastic media.

Theoretical Analysis for the Measurement of Viscosity and Shear Modulus of Viscoelastic Fluids by Using a Quartz Crystal Oscillator (수정진동자를 사용한 점탄성 유체의 점성계수와 전단 탄성계수 측정에 관한 이론해석)

  • Suh, Yong-Kweon;Kim, Young-Han
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.32 no.7
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    • pp.487-496
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    • 2008
  • Quartz crystal oscillator is frequently used in measuring a very small amount of mass attached to or adsorbed on the surface of an electrode on the quartz plate. The physical principle is that the resonance frequency of the shear vibration of the quartz caused by an applied electric field is a function of the mass. Recently, effort has been tried to measure physical properties of viscoelastic fluids, such as viscosity and shear modulus. This paper presents useful formula that can be used in estimating the properties of viscoelastic fluids. Important finding in this analysis is that the formula can produce multiple values for the physical properties of the viscoelastic materials.

A Measurement of Adhesion Energy between Viscoelastic/Elastic, Viscoelastic/Viscoelastic Materials Using Contact Mechanics Approach (접촉 역학적 접근에 의한 점탄성/탄성, 점탄성/점탄성 재료간의 접합 에너지 측정)

  • Lee, C.;Earmme, Y.Y.
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.1030-1035
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    • 2003
  • The nanoimprint lithography technology makes higher density of semiconductor device and larger capacity of storage media. In this technology the induced damage while detaching polymer pattern from mold should be minimized. In order to analyze the problem, the basic knowledge of adhesion between the polymer and the mold is required. In this study a contact experiment of polyisobutylene specimen with spherical steel tip and polyisobutylene bead tip was conducted using nano indenter. During the contact experiment with various loading rate under load control the contact behavior of viscoelastic material was measured, i.e., the load and displacement between the tip and the specimen were measured. The data was analyzed by HBK model to obtain the stress intensity factor of contact edge and the contact radius as a function of time. Also the adhesion energies between steel/polyisobutylene and polyisobutylene/polyisobutylene were obtained employing the analysis of the crack of viscoelastic material by Schapery.

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Analysis of Crack Induced in Polymeric Layer (고분자 층에서 발생하는 균열 해석)

  • Lee Sang Sun
    • Proceedings of the International Microelectronics And Packaging Society Conference
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    • 2003.11a
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    • pp.247-250
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    • 2003
  • In this paper, the boundary element analysis of viscoelastic strain energy release ,ate G(t) for the cracked linear viscoelastic materials is attempted. This study proposes the G(t) equation and the calculating method of G(t) by time-domain boundary element analysis for the viscoelastic solids. The G(t) is defined as the derivative of the viscoelastic potential energy $\Pi(t)$ with respect to crack length a. Two example problems are presented to show the applicability of the proposed method to the analysis of the cracked linear viscoelastic solids. Numerical results of example problems show the accuracy and effectiveness of the proposed method.

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Elastically-influenced instabilities in Taylor-Couette and other flows with curved streamlines: a review

  • Muller, Susan J.
    • Korea-Australia Rheology Journal
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.117-125
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    • 2008
  • Viscoelastic instabilities are of fundamental importance to understanding the physics of complex fluids and of practical importance to materials processing and fluid characterization. Significant progress has been made over the past 15 years in understanding instabilities in viscoelastic flows with curved streamlines and is reviewed here. Taylor-Couette flow, torsional flow between a cone and plate, and torsional flow between parallel plates have received special attention due to both the basic significance of these flows and their critical role in rheometry. First, we review the criteria for determining when these flows become unstable due to elasticity in the absence of inertia, and discuss the generalization of these criteria to more complex flows with curved streamlines. Then, focusing on experiments and simulations in the Taylor-Couette problem, we review how thermal sensitivity (i.e., the dependence of fluid viscosity and elasticity on temperature) and inertia affect the stability of viscoelastic flows. Finally, we conclude with some general thoughts on unresolved issues and remaining challenges related to viscoelastic instabilities.

An Application of Non-linear Viscoelastic Model to Capillary Extrusion of Rubber Compounds (고무복합체의 모세관 압출에서 비선형 점탄성 모델의 적용)

  • Choi, S.H.;Lyu, M.Y.
    • Transactions of Materials Processing
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    • v.16 no.4 s.94
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    • pp.260-265
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    • 2007
  • Rubber compounds have high viscoelastic property. One of the viscoelastic behaviors during profile extrusion is the swelling of extrudate. In this study, die swells of rubber compounds at the capillary die have been investigated through experiment and computer simulation. Experiments and simulations have been performed using fluidity tester and commercial CFD code, Polyflow respectively. Die swells of rubber compounds in a capillary die were predicted using non-linear differential viscoelastic model, Phan-Thien-Tanner(PTT) model for various relaxation times and relaxation modes. The results of simulation were compared with the experiments. Pressure and velocity distribution, and circulation flows at the comer of capillary die have been investigated through computer simulation. It is concluded that the PTT model successfully represented the amount of the die swell of rubber compounds for various relaxation times at different modes.

Guided viscoelastic wave in circumferential direction of orthotropic cylindrical curved plates

  • Yu, Jiangong;Ma, Zhijuan
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.41 no.5
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    • pp.605-615
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    • 2012
  • In this paper, guided circumferential wave propagating in an orthotropic viscoelastic cylindrical curved plate subjected to traction-free conditions is investigated in the frame of the Kelvin-Voight viscoelastic theory. The obtained three wave equations are decoupled into two groups, Lamb-like wave and SH wave. They are separately solved by the Legendre polynomial series approach. The availability of the method is confirmed through the comparison with the published data of the SH wave for a viscoelastic flat plate. The dispersion curves and attenuation curves for the carbon fiber and prepreg cylindrical plates are illustrated and the viscous effect on dispersion curves is shown. The influences of the ratio of radius to thickness are analyzed.

Frequency response analysis of curved embedded magneto-electro-viscoelastic functionally graded nanobeams

  • Ebrahimi, Farzad;Fardshad, Ramin Ebrahimi;Mahesh, Vinyas
    • Advances in nano research
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    • v.7 no.6
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    • pp.391-403
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    • 2019
  • In this article the frequency response analysis of curved magneto-electro-viscoelastic functionally graded (CMEV-FG) nanobeams resting on viscoelastic foundation has been carried out. To this end, the study incorporates the Euler-Bernoulli beam model in association with Eringen's nonlocal theory to incorporate the size effects. The viscoelastic foundation in the current investigation is assumed to be the combination of Winkler-Pasternak layer and viscous layer of infinite parallel dashpots. The equations of motion are derived with the aid of Hamilton's principle and the solution to vibration problem of CMEV-FG nanobeams are obtained analytically. The material gradation is considered to follow Power-law rule. This study thoroughly investigates the influence of prominent parameters such as linear, shear and viscous layers of foundation, structural damping coefficient, opening angle, magneto-electrical field, nonlocal parameter, power-law exponent and slenderness ratio on the frequencies of FG nanobeams.

Flow-Induced Birefringence of Polymers in the Region of Abrupt Thickness Transition (두께가 급격히 변하는 영역에서 고분자 유동에 의한 복굴절)

  • Lee, H.S.;Isayev, A.I.
    • Transactions of Materials Processing
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.20-25
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    • 2009
  • A finite element analysis was carried out for a 4:1 planar contraction die for polymer melts using the viscoelastic constitutive equation of Leonov. Viscoelastic fluids showed significant differences in pressure drop and birefringence in contraction and expansion flows. The pressure drop was higher and the birefringence smaller in expansion than in contraction flow. The difference increased with increasing flow rate. The nonlinear Leonov model was shown to describe the viscoelastic effects observed in experiments.

Application of Boundary Element Methods to Interface Crack Problems (II) : Elastic -Viscoelastic Problem (계면균열해석에 대한 경계요소법의 응용 (II) : 탄성-점탄성 문제)

  • 이상순;김정규;김태형;박건우;황종근
    • Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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    • 1996.04a
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    • pp.95-102
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    • 1996
  • The stress intensity factor for an interface crack in dissimilar elastic and viscoelastic materials is derived and the time-domain boundary element analysis is performed. Numerical results show that the proposed method is very useful for the analysis of the interface crack in elastic and viscoelastic bimaterials.

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