Elongational and shear rheology of carbon nanotube suspensions

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 597-609

  Tiwari, Manish K ^a   Bazilevsky, Alexander V ^a   Yarin, Alexander L ^a   Megaridis, Constantine M ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary thread thinning; Extension and shear rheology; Extentional rheometer; Flow curve; Herschel Bulkley fluid; Nanotube suspension; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY THREAD THINNING; FLOW CURVE; FLOW CURVES; HERSCHEL-BULKLEY FLUID; HERSCHEL-BULKLEY FLUIDS; SHEAR RHEOLOGY;

AIR EJECTORS; ASPECT RATIO; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELASTICITY; ELONGATION; FORESTRY; LIQUIDS; PARAFFINS; PLASTICITY; POLYPROPYLENES; RHEOLOGY; RHEOMETERS; SHEAR FLOW; SURFACE TENSION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VEGETABLE OILS; VISCOSITY;

YIELD STRESS;

EID: 67549130186     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-009-0354-z     Document Type: Article

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