Axisymmetric two-sphere sedimentation in a shear thinning viscoelastic fluid: Particle interactions and induced fluid velocity fields

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1343-1359

  Verneuil, Emilie ^a,c   Phillips, Ronald J ^b   Talini, Laurence ^a,d  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Particle interactions; Sedimentation; Velocity fields; Viscoelastic fluid

Indexed keywords

DEBORAH NUMBER; POLYMERIC FLUIDS; VELOCITY FIELDS; VISCOELASTIC FLUIDS;

FLOW FIELDS; FLOW SEPARATION; FLOW VELOCITY; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; SEDIMENTATION; SHEAR FLOW; VISCOELASTICITY;

POLYMER SOLUTIONS;

EID: 36749091813     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.2780799     Document Type: Article

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