The following sections are included: Advances in Mathematical Modelling Dynamics of
Dilute Polymer Solutions The Rouse model Dumbbell models Closure Approximations …

Fractional models are becoming more and more popular because their ability of describing
the behaviour of viscoelastic dampers using a small number of parameters. An important …

Rheological properties of pullulan, sodium alginate and blend solutions were studied at 20°
C, using steady shear and dynamic oscillatory measurements. The intrinsic viscosity of pure …

Fluid viscous dampers have been widely applied to reduce the effects of vibrations in civil
engineering structures. A good understanding of the dynamical behavior of these devices is …

The relaxation spectrum is a fundamental viscoelastic characteristic from which other
material functions used to describe the rheological properties of polymers can be …

Passive microrheology [TG Mason and DA Weitz, Phys. Rev. Lett., 74 (1995), pp. 1250–
1253] utilizes measurements of noisy, entropic fluctuations (ie, diffusive properties) of micron …

Bioprinting is an emerging technology for fabricating intricate and diverse structures that
closely mimic natural tissues and organs for applications, such as tissue engineering, drug …

A dynamic system with memory is a system for which knowledge of the equations of motion,
together with the state at a given time instant t 0 is insufficient to predict the evolution of the …

Hypothesis The relaxation time in viscoelastic surfactant solutions is a function of
temperature, salt/surfactant concentrations, resting conditions, as well as shear frequency …

The nonparametric estimation of the distribution of relaxation-time approach is not as
frequently used in the analysis of dispersed response of dielectric or conductive materials as …