Rheological modeling of carbon nanotube suspensions with rod-rod interactions

AIChE Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1476-1487

  Natale, G ^a   Heuzey, M C ^a   Carreau, P J ^a   Ausias, G ^b   Ferec J ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs); Fokker Planck equation; Interaction tensors; Modeling of suspensions; Shear thinning behavior; Steady shear flow

Indexed keywords

CARBON-NANOTUBE SUSPENSIONS; NANOSCALE PARTICLES; ORIENTATION TENSOR; PARTICLE-PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; RHEOLOGICAL EQUATIONS; RHEOLOGICAL MODELING; SHEAR-THINNING BEHAVIOR; STEADY SHEAR FLOW;

CARBON NANOTUBES; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; RHEOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR THINNING; TENSORS; TIMING JITTER;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 84897616392     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.14316     Document Type: Article

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