On the behaviour of gelled fibre suspensions in steady shear

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 531-537

  Wolf, Bettina ^a,b   White, Duncan ^a   Melrose, John R ^a   Frith, William J ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biopolymer gel; Flexible fibre; Gelled fibre suspensions; Shear viscosity

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BIOPOLYMERS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; GELS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PLASTIC FILAMENTS; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR VISCOSITY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); YIELD STRESS;

EID: 33847151276     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-006-0143-x     Document Type: Article

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