TY - JOUR
T1 - High-frequency viscosity of a dilute suspension of elongated particles in a linear shear flow between two walls
AU - Feuillebois, François
AU - Ekiel-Jezewska, Maria L.
AU - Wajnryb, Eligiusz
AU - Sellier, Antoine
AU - Bławzdziewicz, Jerzy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Cambridge University Press.
PY - 2014/12/23
Y1 - 2014/12/23
N2 - A general expression for the effective viscosity of a dilute suspension of arbitrary-shaped particles in linear shear flow between two parallel walls is derived in terms of the induced stresslets on particles. This formula is applied to $N$-bead rods and to prolate spheroids with the same length, aspect ratio and volume. The effective viscosity of non-Brownian particles in a periodic shear flow is considered here. The oscillating frequency is high enough for the particle orientation and centre-of-mass distribution to be practically frozen, yet small enough for the flow to be quasi-steady. It is known that for spheres, the intrinsic viscosity [{\μ}] increases monotonically when the distance H between the walls is decreased. The dependence is more complex for both types of elongated particles. Three regimes are theoretically predicted here: (i) a 'weakly confined' regime (for H>l, where l is the particle length), where [{\μ}] is slightly larger for smaller H; (ii) a 'semi-confined' regime, when H becomes smaller than l, where [{\μ}] rapidly decreases since the geometric constraints eliminate particle orientations corresponding to the largest stresslets; (iii) a 'strongly confined' regime when H becomes smaller than 2-3 particle widths d, where [{\μ}] rapidly increases owing to the strong hydrodynamic coupling with the walls. In addition, for sufficiently slender particles (with aspect ratio larger than 5-6) there is a domain of narrow gaps for which the intrinsic viscosity is smaller than that in unbounded fluid.
AB - A general expression for the effective viscosity of a dilute suspension of arbitrary-shaped particles in linear shear flow between two parallel walls is derived in terms of the induced stresslets on particles. This formula is applied to $N$-bead rods and to prolate spheroids with the same length, aspect ratio and volume. The effective viscosity of non-Brownian particles in a periodic shear flow is considered here. The oscillating frequency is high enough for the particle orientation and centre-of-mass distribution to be practically frozen, yet small enough for the flow to be quasi-steady. It is known that for spheres, the intrinsic viscosity [{\μ}] increases monotonically when the distance H between the walls is decreased. The dependence is more complex for both types of elongated particles. Three regimes are theoretically predicted here: (i) a 'weakly confined' regime (for H>l, where l is the particle length), where [{\μ}] is slightly larger for smaller H; (ii) a 'semi-confined' regime, when H becomes smaller than l, where [{\μ}] rapidly decreases since the geometric constraints eliminate particle orientations corresponding to the largest stresslets; (iii) a 'strongly confined' regime when H becomes smaller than 2-3 particle widths d, where [{\μ}] rapidly increases owing to the strong hydrodynamic coupling with the walls. In addition, for sufficiently slender particles (with aspect ratio larger than 5-6) there is a domain of narrow gaps for which the intrinsic viscosity is smaller than that in unbounded fluid.
KW - complex fluids
KW - low-Reynolds-number flows
KW - suspensions
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U2 - 10.1017/jfm.2014.690
DO - 10.1017/jfm.2014.690
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84927132231
VL - 764
SP - 133
EP - 147
JO - Journal of Fluid Mechanics
JF - Journal of Fluid Mechanics
SN - 0022-1120
ER -