Sphere settling in an aging yield stress fluid: Link between the induced flows and the rheological behavior

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 961-970

  Gueslin, B ^a,b,c   Talini, Laurence ^a,d   Peysson, Y ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Birefringence; PIV; Yield stress

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CLAY MINERALS; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUIDS; POLYMER SOLUTIONS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; SPHERES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); WAKES;

COLLOIDAL CLAY; FLOW FIELD MEASUREMENT; FLUID AGE; IN-LINE; INDUCED BIREFRINGENCE; LAPONITES; NEGATIVE WAKES; NEWTONIAN FLUIDS; NON-BROWNIAN SPHERES; PIV; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; RHEOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SETTLING VELOCITY; SLOW RELAXATIONS; UPWARD FLOW; VISCOELASTIC POLYMERS; YIELD STRESS FLUIDS;

YIELD STRESS;

EID: 70350769407     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-009-0376-6     Document Type: Article

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