Shear-thinning of polydisperse suspensions

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Reardon, P T ^a   Feng, S ^a   Graham, A L ^a   Chawla, V ^b   Admuthe, R S ^b   Abbott, J ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEWTONIAN FLOW; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYDISPERSITY; RHEOLOGY; RHEOMETERS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; VISCOSITY;

RHEOMETRY; SETTLING PARTICLES; SHEAR-THINNING;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 44449147712     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/41/11/115408     Document Type: Article

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