Thixotropic rheology of concentrated alumina colloidal gels for solid freeform fabrication

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 655-672

  Zhu, Cheng ^a   Smay, James E ^a  

^a Oklahoma State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentrated colloidal gel; Solid freeform fabrication; Structural parameter; Thixotropic rheology

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STRUCTURES; COLLOIDAL AGGREGATES; COLLOIDAL GELS; DIFFUSION LIMITED AGGREGATION; ENGINEERING MODELS; ENTRY AND EXIT; EXTRUSION PROCESS; FINITE YIELD STRESS; FIRST-ORDER; FLOW EQUATIONS; GEL NETWORKS; MACROSCOPIC FLOW; MICROSTRUCTURE CHANGES; MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTIONS; MODEL PARAMETERS; PRACTICAL USE; RATE LIMITING; RHEOLOGICAL MODELS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTY; SHAPE EVOLUTION; SHEAR ENVIRONMENTS; SHEAR RATES; SHEAR-THINNING BEHAVIOR; SIMPLE SHEAR; SOLID FREEFORM FABRICATION; STEADY-STATE FLOWS; STRUCTURAL KINETICS; STRUCTURAL PARAMETER; THIXOTROPIC RHEOLOGY; TRANSIENT PROCESS; VISCOUS PROPERTIES;

AGGLOMERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EXTRUSION; EXTRUSION DIES; FABRICATION; GELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR DEFORMATION; VISCOSITY; YIELD STRESS;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 79955434553     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.3573828     Document Type: Article

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