Modeling rheological behavior of bentonite suspensions as Casson and Robertson-Stiff fluids using Newtonian and true shear rates in Couette viscometry

Powder Technology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 134-147

  Kelessidis, V C ^a   Maglione, R ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Casson model; Couette viscometer; Non Newtonian fluid rheology; Robertson Stiff model; Shear rates

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

CASSON MODEL; COUETTE VISCOMETER; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID RHEOLOGY; ROBERTSON-STIFF MODEL; SHEAR RATES;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

BENTONITE;

BENTONITE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEWTONIAN FLOW; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VISCOSITY MEASUREMENT;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; LIQUID; MODEL; SHEAR RATE; SUSPENSION; VISCOMETRY;

EID: 33748973012     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2006.07.011     Document Type: Article

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