The rheological modelling of carbon nanotube (CNT) suspensions in steady shear flows

International Journal of Material Forming

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 83-88

  Ma, Anson W K ^a   Mackley, Malcolm R ^a   Chinesta, Francisco ^b   Ammar, Amine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Laboratoire de Rheologie   (France)

Author keywords

Aggregation orientation (AO) model; Carbon nanotube; Fokker Planck equation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; AGGREGATES; ASPECT RATIO; CARBON NANOTUBES; EPOXY RESINS; FOKKER PLANCK EQUATION; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; SHEAR THINNING; YARN;

AGGREGATE STRUCTURES; APPARENT VISCOSITY; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; OPTICAL MICROSTRUCTURES; RHEOLOGICAL MODELLING; RHEOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SHEAR THINNING EFFECT; STEADY SHEAR FLOW;

SHEAR FLOW;

EID: 85000788617     PISSN: 19606206     EISSN: 19606214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12289-008-0372-x     Document Type: Article

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