The breakup of non-Newtonian droplets is ubiquitous in numerous applications. Although the property can significantly change droplet process, most previous studies consider Newtonian droplets, and effects properties on process are still unclear. This study focuses secondary shear-thinning by numerical simulation. volume fluid method used to capture interface dynamics adaptive grids. To compare ...

We study the dynamics of shear-band formation and evolution using a simple rheological model. The description couples the local structure and viscosity to the applied shear stress. We consider in detail the Couette geometry, where the model is solved iteratively with the Navier-Stokes equation to obtain the time evolution of the local velocity and viscosity fields. It is found that the underlyi...

We investigate the transient, fluid–structure interaction (FSI) of a non-Newtonian fluid peeling two Hookean sheets at low Reynolds numbers ( R e ≪ 1 ). Two different fluids are considered – simplified Phan–Thien–Tanner (sPTT) model fluid, and an inelastic with shear-thinning viscosity (generalized Newtonian fluid). In limit small gap between sheets, we invoke lubrication approximation numerica...

This paper reviews experimental and modeling efforts aimed at the determination of the shear viscosity of strongly-coupled Yukawa liquids. After briefly reviewing prior work on three-dimensional (3D) systems, recent experimental and computer simulation studies of two-dimensional (2D) settings are presented in detail. In the experiments two counterpropagating laser beams were used to perturb a d...

– We show the existence of three well defined time scales in the dynamics of wormlike micelles after a step between two shear rates on the stress plateau. These time scales are compatible with the presence of a structured interface between bands of different viscosities and correspond to the isotropic band destabilization during the stress overshoot, reconstruction of the interface after the ov...

We report on rheometry measurements to characterize the critical behavior in two model shear thickening suspensions: cornstarch in water and glass spheres in oil. The slope of the shear thickening part of the viscosity curve is found to increase dramatically with packing fraction and diverge at a critical packing fraction phi(c). The magnitude of the viscosity and the yield stress are also foun...