Electrorheological fluids: Mechanisms, dynamics, and microfluidics applications

Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 44, Issue , 2011, Pages 143-174

  Sheng, Ping ^a   Wen, Weijia ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aligned dipolar filaments; Electrorheological fluid dynamics; Giant electrorheological fluids; Induced polarization; Microfluidic logic gate; Variational effective dielectric constant formulation

Indexed keywords

BROAD APPLICATION; DIELECTRIC POLARIZATION; EFFECTIVE DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; ELECTRIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; ELECTRO-RHEOLOGICAL; ER FLUID; ER RESPONSE; INDUCED POLARIZATION; INSULATING LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL DEVICE; MICROFLUIDIC CHIP; MOLECULAR DIPOLE; ORIENTATIONAL POLARIZATION; PRACTICAL IMPORTANCE; SOLID PARTICLES;

DYNAMICS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDS; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOFLUIDICS; POLARIZATION; RHEOLOGY; VIBRATION CONTROL; YIELD STRESS;

ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL FLUIDS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DECADAL VARIATION; DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; ELECTRIC FIELD; HYDRODYNAMICS; POLARIZATION; RHEOLOGY; TRACER;

EID: 84555218205     PISSN: 00664189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-fluid-120710-101024     Document Type: Article

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