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Yves Remond, Stanislav Patlazhan
The EUROMECH Colloquium 487. Structure Sensitive Mechanics of Polymer Materials: Physical and Mechanical Aspects

Appl. Rheol. 17:2 (2007) 108-111

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Remond Y, Patlazhan S: The EUROMECH Colloquium 487. Structure Sensitive Mechanics of Polymer Materials: Physical and Mechanical Aspects, Appl. Rheol. 17 (2007) 108.

Markus Gahleitner
8th Austrian Polymer Meeting 2006. The Chain of Knowledge. From Catalyst to Application

Appl. Rheol. 17:2 (2007) 107-108

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Gahleitner M: 8th Austrian Polymer Meeting 2006. The Chain of Knowledge. From Catalyst to Application, Appl. Rheol. 17 (2007) 107.

Martin Kroger
Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and Complex Fluids IWNET 2006

Appl. Rheol. 17:2 (2007) 104-106

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Kroger M: Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics and Complex Fluids IWNET 2006, Appl. Rheol. 17 (2007) 104.

Andrea Mitarotonda
Rheology essentials of cosmetic and food emulsions (R. Brummer)

Appl. Rheol. 17:2 (2007) 75

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Mitarotonda A: Rheology essentials of cosmetic and food emulsions (R. Brummer), Appl. Rheol. 17 (2007) 75.

B. Mokdad, E. Pruliere, A. Ammar, F. Chinesta
On the simulation of kinetic theory models of complex fluids using the Fokker-Planck approach

Appl. Rheol. 17:2 (2007) 26494 (14 pages)

Models of kinetic theory provide a coarse-grained description of molecular configurations wherein atomistic processes are ignored. The Fokker-Planck equation related to the kinetic theory descriptions must be solved for the distribution function in both physical and configuration spaces. When the model involves high dimensional spaces (including physical and conformation spaces and time) standard discretization techniques fail due to excessive computation requirements. In this paper, we revisit some model reduction techniques recently proposed to circumvent those difficulties, exploring other new application areas related to entangled polymer models as well as the use of such reduced models for treating complex flows in which the distribution function involves both the physical and the conformation coordinates.

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Mokdad B, Pruliere, re E, Ammar A, Chinesta F: On the simulation of kinetic theory models of complex fluids using the Fokker-Planck approach, Appl. Rheol. 17 (2007) 26494.

Jiri Blahovec, Hidemi Akimoto, Naoki Sakurai
Laser Doppler Forced Vibrology of Soft Agricultural Products

Appl. Rheol. 17:2 (2007) 25111 (7 pages)

We describe methodology of laser Doppler forced vibrology (LDFV) applied to texture assessment of soft agricultural products. The method is applied to a melon. The lowest frequency resonant peak (mode M0) is used for corrections of the whole amplitude frequency plot expressed in relation to the forcing deformation level. The main differences between vibrology in vertical and horizontal laser positions are described. Missing and/or degeneration of some modes in the laser horizontal position are explained. Peak analysis of the results obtained reveals the parameters connected with information on internal damping, i.e. internal viscosity. Modulus of elasticity is calculated either from the peak frequency of the M1 mode or by a new method from the M0 peak frequency. The modulus of elasticity of the latter method is nearly one order higher and is more variable than the former probably because the M0 mode is related to physical properties of the surface of the melon in contact with the vibrating table. Fine structure of the skin can lead to possible degenerated forms with more sub-peaks.

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Blahovec J, Akimoto H, Sakurai N: Laser Doppler Forced Vibrology of Soft Agricultural Products, Appl. Rheol. 17 (2007) 25111.

Francoise Berzin, Ahmed Tara, Lan Tighzert
In-line measurement of the viscous behaviour of wheat starch during extrusion. Application to starch cationisation.

Appl. Rheol. 17:2 (2007) 21222 (7 pages)

A specific twin channel slit die was used to measure in-line the viscous behaviour of an extruded wheat starch. This allows to put in evidence the influences of temperature, water content and specific mechanical energy (SME). The proposed rheological law permits to satisfactorily predict the viscosity of a wheat starch for any processing condition. Original results are presented for the behaviour of cationic starches obtained by reactive extrusion.

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Berzin F, Tara A, Tighzert L: In-line measurement of the viscous behaviour of wheat starch during extrusion. Application to starch cationisation., Appl. Rheol. 17 (2007) 21222.


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