Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : November 11, 2020 - November 13, 2020
The dispersed particles make alignments in the sheared direction under unsteady shear flows when the fluid relaxation time is sufficiently long. The alignment changes the effective viscoelasticity because a corded-like pattern of particles functions as a macro-spring effect and reduction of particle interactions. Those experimental findings regarding the effective viscoelasticity of non-Newtonian fluids with spherical particles are found by means of ultrasonic spinning rheometry. Further numerical tests using a simple toy model assuming dispersed particles combined by spring forces considering yield stresses were conducted to clarify factors caused by the particle alignment under unsteady shear flows.
