2012 •
Clouds of particles in a periodic shear flow
Authors:
Bloen Metzger, Jason E. Butler
Abstract:
International audience; We have investigated the time evolution of a cloud of non-Brownian particles sub- jected to a periodic shear flow in an otherwise pure liquid at low Reynolds number. This experiment illustrates the irreversible nature of particulate systems submitted to a shear. When repeating the cycles of shear, we have found that clouds of particles progressively disperse in the flow direction until reaching a threshold critical volume fraction that depends upon the strain amplitude; this critical volume fraction coin- cides with meas (...)
International audience; We have investigated the time evolution of a cloud of non-Brownian particles sub- jected to a periodic shear flow in an otherwise pure liquid at low Reynolds number. This experiment illustrates the irreversible nature of particulate systems submitted to a shear. When repeating the cycles of shear, we have found that clouds of particles progressively disperse in the flow direction until reaching a threshold critical volume fraction that depends upon the strain amplitude; this critical volume fraction coin- cides with measurements of the threshold for reversibility found from experiments on homogeneous suspensions in periodic shear. Two distinct patterns, including a “galaxy-like” shape, are observed for the evolution of the clouds and the transi- tion between the patterns is identified using a simple scaling analysis. Movies are available with the online version of the paper. (Read More)
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