Highly Anisotropic Vorticity Aligned Structures in a Shear Thickening Attractive Colloidal System
Soft Condensed Matter
2008-05-13 v2
Abstract
Vorticity aligned cylindrical flocs of carbon black particles are coincident with a primary shear thickening transition in steady flow and also appear as transient structures in the flow response of gels produced by a secondary shear thickening at high shear rates.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0710.4336,
title = {Highly Anisotropic Vorticity Aligned Structures in a Shear Thickening Attractive Colloidal System},
author = {Chinedum O. Osuji and David A. Weitz},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.4336},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
6 pages, 7 figures v2: Added normal stress data; Added optical micrograph of structures under steady shear Published in Soft Matter