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Until now we have restricted ourselves to consideration of simple tensile deformation of the elastomer sample. This deformation is easy to visualize and leads to a manageable mathematical description. This is by no means the only deformation of interest, however. We shall consider only one additional mode of deformation, namely, shear deformation. Figure 3.6 represents an elastomer sample subject to shearing forces. Deformation in the shear mode is the basis... 

A beam subjected to a simple transverse load (Figure 2-29a) will bend. Furthermore, if the beam is cut (Figure 2-29b) and free body diagrams of the remaining sections are constructed, then a shear force V and a moment M must be applied to the cut ends to maintain static equilibrium. 

The shift factor b, shows a large deviation from a simple density effect, it would be expected that the values would not vary far from unity [44], One possible explanation is an internal structure development occurring in PLANCs during measurement (shear process). The alignment of the silicate layers probably enables the PLFNC melts to withstand the shear force, thus leading to the increase in the absolute values of G (co) and G"(co). 

When analysing simple flow problems such as laminar flow in a pipe, where the form of the velocity profile and the directions in which the shear stresses act are already known, no formal sign convention for the stress components is required. In these cases, force balances can be written with the shear forces incorporated according to the directions in which the shear stresses physically act, as was done in Examples 1.7 and 1.8. However, in order to derive general equations for an arbitrary flow field it is necessary to adopt a formal sign convention for the stress components. 

Let us consider an apparently simple situation of compaction of solids in a cylinder (Fig. 4.9). Assuming a uniform stress field, a normal force Fo applied to the top ram generates within the solids a certain normal stress %zz, as well as a radial stress xrr. The frictional shear force due to the latter acts in the opposite direction to the applied force. Hence, the transmitted force to the lower ram, FL, will be smaller than the applied force. By making a force balance similar to that made in deriving the Janssen equation, and assuming that the wall friction is fully mobilized, that the ratio of axial to radial stresses is a constant throughout, and that the coefficient of friction at the wall is constant, we obtain the following simple exponential relationship between the applied and transmitted force ... 

Simple shear Shear modulus or G Shear force per unit area F/A z z (13.5)... 

There are some special cases in FFF related to the two extreme limits of the cross-field driving forces. In the first case, the cross-field force is zero, and no transverse solute migration is caused by outer fields. However, because of the shear forces, transverse movements may occur even under conditions of laminar flow. This phenomenon is called the tubular pinch effect . In this case, these shear forces lead to axial separation of various solutes. Small [63] made use of this phenomenon and named it hydrodynamic chromatography (HC). If thin capillaries are used for flow transport, this technique is also called capillary hydrodynamic fractionation (CHDF). A simple interpretation of the ability to separate is that the centers of the solute particles cannot approach the channel walls closer than their lateral dimensions. This means that just by their size larger particles are located in streamlines of higher flow velocities than smaller ones and are eluted first (opposite to the solution sequence in the classical FFF mode). For details on hydrodynamic chromatography,see [64-66]. 

There are two major routes to molecular damage when systems are subjected to mechanical forces. The most obvious is simple bond breaking when linear or cross-linked polymer chains are subjected to shear forces, for example, stretching, cutting, bending, breaking or... 

It is important to realize that there are shear forces present in a material even when it is subjected to a simple tensile elongation. Consider an arbitrary plane in a rectangular specimen subjected to a tensile stress. Clearly, there are non-zero components of the load or force in directions parallel and perpendicular to this plane that result in a shear stress, ot and a normal stress on (Figure 13-12 and Equations 13-12) ... 

In order to determine 4, we now consider a simple model of a fiber of length / embedded in a polymer matrix (see Fig. 15.20b). The tensile stress on the fiber required to produce fiber debonding and pullout is determined in a first approximation by balancing the tensile and shear forces,... 

Emulsions are usually prepared by the application of mechanical energy produced by a wide range of agitation techniques. These disrupt droplets by the application of either shear forces in laminar flow or inertial forces in turbulent flow. Emulsifying devices ranging from simple hand mixers and stirrers to the use of propeller or turbine mixers, static mixers, colloid mills, homogenizers, and ultrasonic devices have been used. 

Calculations of fluid pressure force on submerged surfaces is important in selecting the proper material and thickness. If the pressure on the submerged surface is not uniform, then the pressure force is calculated by integration. Also note that a nonmoving, simple fluid exerts only pressure forces moving fluids exert both pressure and shear forces. 

Evaluation of results from wall friction tests is very simple. The shear force necessary to move the loaded cell is plotted against the applied normal load (note that both axes should have the same modulus and that it does not matter whether forces or stresses are plotted as the area on which they apply is the same) and a straight line is drawn through the plot - see Fig. 16. The angle of the line with the x-axis (normal load axis) is the angle of wall friction. 

Finally, the QCM can not only be used in a sensory mode but also as an actuator. It has been recently shown by Dultsev and coworkers [57] that virus particles deposited on the resonator surface may be displaced by increasing the shear amplitude of the resonator. Thus, it seems plausible that the resistance of cell-substrate interactions to lateral shear forces may be inferred from QCM measurements when the shear amplitude is increased to invasive magnitudes. The ease of the measurement, which can be automated and multiplexed, the rather simple experimental design, as well as the unique experimental access to the interface between living cells and technical substrates is very likely to create growing interest within the cell culture community for these new experimental options. 

But the simple no-flow picture of equation 4 can no longer hold in view of equations 7a and 7b. At the liquid-vapor boundary, the viscous shear force must balance the force imposed by surface tension gradients, rjdu/dz = da/dx (z = h). This boundary condition leads to a linear flow profile toward the drying line,... 

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