SIMULATION OF ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL FLUIDS WITH WATER CAPILLARY FORCES

Authors
TAMURA H SEE H DOI M
Citation
H. Tamura et al., SIMULATION OF ELECTRORHEOLOGICAL FLUIDS WITH WATER CAPILLARY FORCES, International journal of modern physics b, 7(9-10), 1993, pp. 2057-2063
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter","Physycs, Mathematical","Physics, Applied
Journal title
International journal of modern physics b → ACNP
ISSN journal
02179792
Volume
7
Issue
9-10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
2057 - 2063
Database
ISI
SICI code
0217-9792(1993)7:9-10<2057:SOEFWW>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
It is known that the viscosity of certain Electro-Rheological Fluids d epends on the amount of water in the dispersed particles. One explanat ion is the adhesion between contacting particles due to the capillary force of water. In this work we investigate by computer simulations ho w the aggregate structure and shear stress depend on the water capilla ry force. From our simulation we found that when the capillary force b ecomes larger, the shear resistance increases and the aggregates' shap e changes from chain-like to compact.