This study was made available online in the International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. "While fluid motion has a characteristic time scale for recovery and relaxation, viscoelastic fluids ...

Given the duality of both viscous liquid-like and elastic solid-like behavior in these materials, they are called viscoelastic fluids, Banerjee notes. The research was published on Nov. 16 in Nature ...

Viscoelastic fluids have longer-chain molecules (polymers) compared to ordinary fluids, which accounts for their apparent "thickness." As they are shot out of a jet, ...

Scientists have developed a new method that improves dispensing of viscoelastic fluids - a vital process for circuit board production, 3D printing and other industrial applications. The scientists ...

Researchers report nontoxic, biodegradable viscoelastic carrier fluids to enhance the retention of fire retardants on wildfire-prone vegetation through increased resistance to environmental ...

Given the duality of both viscous liquid-like and elastic solid-like behavior in these materials, they are called viscoelastic fluids, Banerjee notes. The research was published Nov. 16 in Nature ...

In a step towards advancing fluid dynamics for industrial applications, researchers from Japan unveil a meandering motion of turbulence observed in viscoelastic fluids flowing over a backward ...