Constructing the Second Order Poincaré Map Based on the Hopf-Zero Unfolding Method by Gen Ge, Wang Wei

“…We investigate the Shilnikov sense homoclinicity in a 3D system and consider the dynamical behaviors in vicinity of the principal homoclinic orbit emerging from a third order simplified system. …”
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Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Infilled Vertical Well LASER-Assisted SAGD by Ding Chao, Wu Yongbin, Yang Guo, Luo Chihui

“…The experimental results show that when adding 10% 2# or 3# solvent oil, the viscosity reduction of crude oil can reach 96.65% and 96.73%, respectively. …”
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Soil Fatigue from Induced Seismicity by Merissa L. Zuzulock, Oliver-Denzil S. Taylor, Norbert H. Maerz.

“…With the increase of geoinduced seismic activity, soil fatigue becomes of greater concern to structures in the vicinity of this seismic load. The foundations of these structures can be affected by impulse loads which can ultimately cause failure. …”
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Particle Dynamics around Weakly Magnetized Reissner-Nordström Black Hole by Bushra Majeed, Mubasher Jamil, Saqib Hussain

“…A collision of particles in the inner stable circular orbit is considered and the conditions for the escape of colliding particles from the vicinity of black hole are given. The trajectories of the escaping particle are discussed. …”
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Investigating Effects of Nano/SBR Polymer on Rutting Performance of Binder and Asphalt Mixture by Mahmoud Ameri, Mostafa Vamegh, Hamed Rooholamini, Farshad Haddadi

“…To this end, the storage stability, rotational viscosity, DSR, and RCR tests on binder and marshal stability were performed, and dynamic creep and wheel track tests on asphalt mix were performed to assess rutting performance. …”
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Controlling pea starch gelatinization behavior and rheological properties by modulating granule structure change with pea protein isolate by Jiwei Kuang, Wengang Zhang, Xijuan Yang, Ping Ma

“…Incorporating PPI raised the hot paste viscosity of PS, lowered the pasting temperature, and notably increased the gelatinization enthalpy according to differential scanning calorimetry analysis. …”
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SERINC5 counters retroviruses and non-retroviruses by Jinghua Yu, Jinghua Yu, Jinghua Yu, Chunyu Liu, Xinglong Qu, Xinglin Gao, Yue Liu

“…SERINC5 (serine incorporator 5), a member of the serine incorporator family, has been identified as a retrovirus restriction factor that inhibits the fusion of virions with the plasma membrane, thus blocking the release of the viral core into target cells and subsequently attenuating viral infectivity. …”
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Effects of Brinkman number on thermal-driven convective spherical Dynamos by MI Ngwueke, TM Abbey

“…The consequence of this exponential dependence of viscosity on temperature is considered to be a thermaldriven convective phenomenon. …”
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Dynamics of Dissipative Viscous Cylindrical Collapse with Full Causal Approach in f(R) Gravity by G. Abbas, H. Nazar

“…Moreover, the role of different quantities such as heat flux, bulk, and shear viscosity in the dynamical equation is evaluated in thorough version. …”
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Distributed Approximating Functional Approach to Burgers’ Equation using Element Differential Quadrature Method by M Vaghefi, H Rahideh, MR Golbaher Haghighi, AK Manshad

“…After demonstrating the convergence and accuracy of the method, the effects of velocity parameters on the viscosity distribution are studied. It is found that element differential quadrature method provides highly accurate an exact series solution for Burgers, equation, while a small number of grid points is needed. …”
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MHD Natural Convection with Convective Surface Boundary Condition over a Flat Plate by Mohammad M. Rashidi, Mohammad Ferdows, Amir Basiri Parsa, Shirley Abelman

“…In addition it is assumed that viscosity, thermal conductivity, and concentration diffusivity vary linearly. …”
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Estimating the Physical Properties of Nanofluids Using a Connectionist Intelligent Model Known as Gaussian Process Regression Approach by Tzu-Chia Chen, Ali Thaeer Hammid, Avzal N. Akbarov, Kaveh Shariati, Mina Dinari, Mohammed Sardar Ali

“…This work aims to develop a robust machine learning model for the prediction of the relative viscosity of nanoparticles (NPs) including Al2O3, TiO2, SiO2, CuO, SiC, and Ag based on the most important input parameters affecting them covering the size, concentration, thickness of the interfacial layer, and intensive properties of NPs. …”
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Simultaneous optimization on biolubricants obtained through a quaternary mixture of vegetable oils: application of the desirability function by Maria Flávia Rodrigues Starling Araujo, Vânya Márcia Duarte Pasa, Camila Nunes Costa Corgozinho

“…A simplex centroid quaternary mixture design was used with the desirability function for the simultaneous improvement of the viscosity index and lubricity in the blends. Good results for these properties were obtained for some blends, especially that with macauba pulp oil, which presented comparable or superior performance to those for vegetable oils chemically modified. …”
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Study on Properties of Branched Hydrophobically Modified Polyacrylamide for Polymer Flooding by Lei-Ting Shi, Cheng Li, Shan-Shan Zhu, Jie Xu, Bao-Zong Sun, Zhong-Bin Ye

“…The properties of polymer solution were characterized; the results of the experiments showed that BHMPAM exhibited the properties of pseudoplastic fluid, and the viscosity of BHMPAM was 345.9 mPa·s (polymer concentration was 1750 mg/L) under the condition of 75°C and 9374 mg/L of salinity. …”
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Assessment of the influence of gap wall mobility factor at calculation of leakage in working section of a scroll compressor. Part 2 by V. A. Pronin, A. V. Kovanov, V. A. Tsvetkov, E. N. Mikhailova, P. A. Belov

“…The result of numerical calculations has a smaller error in relation to experimental data, and it also showed a significant influence on the leakage rate of both the pressure difference at the edges of the slot and the viscosity properties of the vapour-oil mixture, a significant percentage of which is oil.…”
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Research on the Rheological Properties of the Plant Oil Pitch by Weishuai Ji, Dongpo He, Di Wu, Maryam Kargar Razi

“…The microstructure characteristics of the plant oil pitch were obtained using a high-power microscope, the viscosity of the plant oil pitch was measured, and the ductility of the plant oil pitch was analyzed by setting the analysis index. …”
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Diagnosis and Management of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia and Its Nutritional and Respiratory Complications in the Elderly by Laia Rofes, Viridiana Arreola, Jordi Almirall, Mateu Cabré, Lluís Campins, Pilar García-Peris, Renée Speyer, Pere Clavé

“…Treatment with dietetic changes in bolus volume and viscosity, as well as rehabilitation procedures can improve deglutition and prevent nutritional and respiratory complications in older patients. …”
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Les Promesses écrites des composants dans l’architecture de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle by Éric Monin, Catherine Blain

“…Celebrated in a variety of advertising inserts in professional magazines and within the glossy pages of catalogs and technical brochures distributed by commercial agents in architectural agencies, dozens of new product lines become the material of an architecture transformed by the promises of a brand new glossary. Beyond the visions they arouse, the words and lists they compose, these products reveal the poetry of a world transformed by industry, a material ecstasy that today escapes us, at the risk of forgetting this fragile heritage.…”
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Counter Current Flow Limitation of Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flow in Nearly Horizontal Pipe by Sigit Prayitno, R. A. Santoso, Deendarlianto, Thomas Höhne, Dirk Lucas

“…The flooding gas superficial velocity decreases with inclination angle. (3) The liquid viscosity affects the flooding phenomena.…”
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Model to Predict Polymer Fibre Diameter during Melt Spinning by Alexander M. Bier, Michael Redel, Dirk W. Schubert

“…A modified single fibre spinning device was firstly used to derive a novel generalised model, utilising process parameters (die diameter, throughput, and stretching relevant take-up pressures) and material properties (zero shear viscosity) to predict the diameter of polymeric fibres on the basis of four different polymers. …”
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