Rheology of Human Blood Plasma: Viscoelastic Versus Newtonian Behavior
Rheology of Human Blood Plasma: Viscoelastic Versus Newtonian Behavior
We investigate the rheological characteristics of human blood plasma in shear and elongational flows. While we can confirm a Newtonian behavior in shear flow within experimental resolution, we find a viscoelastic behavior of blood plasma in the pure extensional flow of a capillary breakup rheometer. The influence of the viscoelasticity …