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Model of porous particles containing water in electro-rheological fluids

H Tamura, H See and M Doi

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The authors propose a modification of their previous model which explains the effect of water on hydrous electro-rheological fluids, which are suspensions of porous particles containing water. Upon application of an electric field, water enters the gap between touching particles and adheres the particles to each other. The authors propose a model for estimating this effect and investigate by computer simulation how the aggregate structure and the viscosity depend on the water capillary force. They show that when the capillary force increases, the viscosity increases, but that the angular dependence of the adhesive force is important in the viscosity increment.


PACS

83.80.Gv Electro- and magnetorheological fluids

83.80.Hj Suspensions, dispersions, pastes, slurries, colloids

83.60.Np Effects of electric and magnetic fields

Subjects

Soft matter, liquids and polymers

Fluid dynamics

Dates

Issue 8 (14 August 1993)



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