A SHEAR DEVICE FOR THE MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS OF SUSPENSIONS AND EMULSIONS

Authors
FERMIGIER M LHEVEDER C JENFFER P PROMISLOW JHE
Citation
M. Fermigier et al., A SHEAR DEVICE FOR THE MICROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS OF SUSPENSIONS AND EMULSIONS, Journal of rheology, 42(2), 1998, pp. 255-265
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Mechanics
Journal title
Journal of rheology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01486055
Volume
42
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
255 - 265
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-6055(1998)42:2<255:ASDFTM>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
We describe a shear device designed to allow the visualization of susp ensions or emulsions under an optical microscope. The optical axis of the microscope is perpendicular to the plane of shear. The detailed ho w profile is determined by numerical simulation with two different asp ect ratios of the flaw cell. We use this shear device to investigate t he structure of dilute suspensions of colloidal magnetic particles sub mitted to a magnetic field and to a flaw. (C) 1998 The Society of Rheo logy. [S0148-6055(98)00802-5].