Migration of a sphere suspended in viscoelastic liquids in Couette flow: Experiments and simulations

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 215-234

  D'Avino, G ^a,b   Snijkers, F ^c   Pasquino, R ^c   Hulsen, M A ^d   Greco, F ^e   Maffettone, P L ^f   Vermant, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^d EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Couette flow; Particle migration; Suspensions; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857529497     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-011-0592-8     Document Type: Article

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