NORMAL STRESS DIFFERENCES IN LIQUID-CRYSTALS AND IN EXTREMELY SHEAR THICKENING DISPERSIONS

Authors
HESS S
Citation
S. Hess, NORMAL STRESS DIFFERENCES IN LIQUID-CRYSTALS AND IN EXTREMELY SHEAR THICKENING DISPERSIONS, Journal of non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, 54, 1994, pp. 201-207
Citations number
34
Categorie Soggetti
Mechanics
Journal title
Journal of non-Newtonian fluid mechanics → ACNP
ISSN journal
03770257
Volume
54
Year of publication
1994
Pages
201 - 207
Database
ISI
SICI code
0377-0257(1994)54:<201:NSDILA>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Application of the affine transformation model to the flow alignment a nd the anisotropy of the viscosity of nematic liquid crystals leads to expressions for the normal stress differences which match those recen tly observed by H.M. Laun in extremely shear thickening dispersions.