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The rheological properties of suspensions of fibres in Newtonian fluids subjected to extensional deformations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

J. Mewis
Affiliation:
Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
A. B. Metzner
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark

Abstract

Data are presented for the extensional flow of suspensions containing 0.1−1 % of fibres by volume. The aspect ratio of the fibres was varied from 280 to 1260. The observed stress levels were between one and two orders of magnitude greater than in shearing flow, in agreement with the a priori predictions of Batchelor (1971).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1974 Cambridge University Press

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