Stick-slip instabilities in the shear flow of magnetorheological suspensions
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Synopsys This work is devoted to the stick-slip instabilities that appear in the shear flow of highly concentrated suspensions of magnetic microparticles. The effect of the applied magnetic field strength was analyzed in details. With this aim, homogeneous suspensions of iron microparticles with concentration near the limit of maximum-packing fraction were prepared, and shear-flow measurements were performed in a controlled-rate mode using a rheometer provided with a rough parallel-plate geometry. For each given value of the shear rate, the time evolution of the shear stress was monitored for at least 20 min. Saw-tooth-like stress oscillations, typical of stick-slip instabilities, were obtained at low enough shear rate values. The measurements were restricted to small enough oscillations, at which the rheometer was still able to maintain the shear rate constant. From the microscopic viewpoint, these stick-slip instabilities principally appear due to the periodic failure and healing of the field-induced particle structures, as inferred from experimental observations. This hypothesis is corroborated by a theoretical model developed on the basis of the balance of the magnetic and hydrodynamic torques over the particle structures, allows us to predict the correct order of magnitude of the main parameters of the stick-slip instabilities, including the amplitude and period of the stress oscillations.
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