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Viscoelasticity and shear‐thinning effects on bio‐polymer solution and suspended particle behaviours under oscillatory curve Couette flow conditions
Author(s) -
Safari Alaleh,
Emami Nazanin,
Cervantes Michel Jose
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
biosurface and biotribology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.497
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 2405-4518
DOI - 10.1049/bsbt.2018.0002
Subject(s) - shear thinning , viscoelasticity , materials science , rheology , lubrication , particle image velocimetry , composite material , elasticity (physics) , mechanics , couette flow , shear (geology) , flow (mathematics) , physics , turbulence
Formation of wear particles within total hip replacement is one of the main causes of its failure. In addition to improving the lubrication and wear resistance of materials used as bearing surfaces, understanding of wear particle distribution patterns within lubricants inside an implant gap could be used to improve design parameters and implants’ lifespan. In this study, the behaviours of biolubricants (with compositions similar to human joint synovial fluid) and suspended particles were investigated by micro‐particle image velocimetry in curved mini channels under oscillatory Couette flow conditions. The studied biolubricants had shear‐thinning viscoelastic characteristics. The authors found that increasing shear‐thinning, elasticity or motion frequency levels did not affect the trend behaviours of biolubricant flows due to the low strain values of the experimental conditions applied. However, suspended particles formed strings along flow directions and exhibited cross‐stream migration to channel walls. Motion frequency, fluid shear thinning and elasticity characteristics and channel dimensions strongly affected particle behaviours.

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