Rotational rheometry of liquid metal systems: Measurement geometry selection and flow curve analysis

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 165, Issue 13-14, 2010, Pages 733-742

  Malik, Mohammad Minhajuddin ^a   Jeyakumar, Manickaraj ^a   Hamed, Mohamed S ^a   Walker, Michael J ^b   Shankar, Sumanth ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Double concentric cylinder; Liquid metal; Measuring geometry; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CONCENTRIC CYLINDERS; CONE AND PLATE; DOUBLE CONCENTRIC CYLINDER; FLOW BEHAVIORS; FLOW CURVES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIQUID METAL SYSTEMS; MEASUREMENT GEOMETRY; MEASURING GEOMETRY; MELT-SUPERHEAT; NON-NEWTONIAN; PURE AL; ROTATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; ROTATIONAL RHEOMETER; ROTATIONAL RHEOMETRY; SHEAR RATES; SHEAR THINNING; SOLDER ALLOYS;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); LIQUID METALS; METALS; RHEOMETERS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SILVER; SMELTING; TIN; VISCOMETERS; VISCOSITY; ZINC;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

EID: 77953293363     PISSN: 03770257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnnfm.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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