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    Chaotic behavior of gas bubble in non-Newtonian fluid: A numerical study
    (2013) Behnia, S.; Mobadersani F.; Yahyavi, M.; Rezavand, A.
    In the present paper, the nonlinear behavior of bubble growth under the excitation of an acoustic pressure pulse in non-Newtonian fluid domain has been investigated. Due to the importance of the bubble in the medical applications such as drug, protein or gene delivery, blood is assumed to be the reference fluid. Effects of viscoelasticity term, Deborah number, amplitude and frequency of the acoustic pulse are studied. We have studied the dynamic behavior of the radial response of bubble using Lyapunov exponent spectra, bifurcation diagrams, time series and phase diagram. A period-doubling bifurcation structure is predicted to occur for certain values of the effects of parameters. The results show that by increasing the elasticity of the fluid, the growth phenomenon will be unstable. On the other hand, when the frequency of the external pulse increases the bubble growth experiences more stable condition. It is shown that the results are in good agreement with the previous studies. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
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    The effect of fluid viscoelasticity in soft lubrication
    (Elsevier Ltd, 2024-07) Sarı, Mehmet Hakan; Putignano, Carmine; Carbone, Giuseppe; Biancofiore, Luca
    This study explores the influence of fluid viscoelasticity in soft lubrication, in which elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) plays an important role. Our findings reveal that introducing polymers can significantly reduce the friction coefficient, particularly for high Deborah numbers, i.e., the ratio between the polymer relaxation time and the flow residence time, due mainly to an increased minimum film height. This augmented film thickness reduces the Newtonian pressure contributions, lowering friction. The study highlights the non-linear relationship between Deborah numbers, load, and viscoelasticity effects, as well as the complex interplay between these factors in the Pipkin space analysis. These insights provide a comprehensive understanding of the fluid viscoelasticity in soft lubricated contacts.