The performance of an electrorheological fluid in dynamic squeeze flow under constant voltage and constant field

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 2964-2974

  El Wahed, A K ^a   Sproston, J L ^a   Stanway, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RHEOLOGY; VIBRATION CONTROL; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; YIELD STRESS;

ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL FLUID; FLUID YIELD STRESS; SQUEEZE FLOW;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 0032181982     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/31/20/033     Document Type: Article

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