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extensional rheology
Coverage of extensional rheology in the Nexus archive.
- We Know Simple Fluids Can Flow. Turns Out, Some Can Fracture.
Thamires Lima, a research professor at Drexel University, studies viscous liquids like polypropylene and crude oil using extensional rheology. Her research reveals that some fluids can fracture instead of just flow when stretched between metal plates.