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The stress in a dilute suspension of liquid spheres in a second-order fluid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 January 2012

J. M. Rallison
J. M. Rallison*
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WA, UK
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†Email address for correspondence: jmr5@damtp.cam.ac.uk
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Abstract

We use an ensemble averaging technique to calculate the average stress for a dilute suspension of liquid drops that are instantaneously spherical. The solvent and the drops consist of second-order fluids with differing properties. The suspension is itself a second-order fluid and its viscosity and normal stress coefficients are determined. For the special case of a rigid sphere suspension the results agree with Koch & Subramanian (J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech., vol. 138, 2006, p. 87, and vol. 153, 2008, p. 202). Differences from other results in the literature are discussed.

JFM classification

Non-Newtonian Flows: Non-Newtonian Flows
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 693 , 25 February 2012 , pp. 500 - 507
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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