In situ observations of unusual drop deformation and wobbling in simple shear flow

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 653-663

  Mechbal, Nizar ^a   Bousmina, Mosto ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Institute for Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies   (Morocco)

^c HASSAN II ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Flow visualization; Polymer blend; Rotational flow

Indexed keywords

COUETTE CELL; DROP DEFORMATION; ELLIPSOIDAL MODEL; FIRST NORMAL STRESS DIFFERENCE; IN-SITU; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; JACKSON; LIQUID DROP; LIQUID MATRIX; MATRIX; NEWTONIAN MODEL; SHEAR CONDITIONS; SHEAR RHEOMETER; SIMPLE SHEAR FLOW; VISCOSITY RATIOS;

DEFORMATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; POLYMER BLENDS; ROTATIONAL FLOW; SHEAR FLOW; VISCOSITY;

DROP BREAKUP;

EID: 67549092974     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-009-0360-1     Document Type: Article

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