Testing shear thinning/thixotropy and shear thickening/antithixotropy relationships in a fumed silica suspension

2020 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 785-797
Author(s):  
F. J. Rubio-Hernández ◽  
J. H. Sánchez-Toro ◽  
N. M. Páez-Flor
Keyword(s):  
Fumed Silica ◽  
Shear Thickening ◽  
Shear Thinning ◽  
Silica Suspension

Stability of Shear-Thickening Liquids Between Rotating Cylinders

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nariman Ashrafi ◽  
Habib Karimi Haghighi
Keyword(s):  
Couette Flow ◽  
Dynamical Behavior ◽  
Shear Thickening ◽  
Shear Thinning ◽  
Taylor Vortex ◽  
Shear Dependent Viscosity ◽  
Shear Thinning Fluids ◽  
Shear Thickening Fluids ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Dependent Viscosity

The effects of nonlinearities on the stability are explored for shear thickening fluids in the narrow-gap limit of the Taylor-Couette flow. It is assumed that shear-thickening fluids behave exactly as opposite of shear thinning ones. A dynamical system is obtained from the conservation of mass and momentum equations which include nonlinear terms in velocity components due to the shear-dependent viscosity. It is found that the critical Taylor number, corresponding to the loss of stability of Couette flow becomes higher as the shear-thickening effects increases. Similar to the shear thinning case, the Taylor vortex structure emerges in the shear thickening flow, however they quickly disappear thus bringing the flow back to the purely azimuthal flow. Naturally, one expects shear thickening fluids to result in inverse dynamical behavior of shear thinning fluids. This study proves that this is not the case for every point on the bifurcation diagram.

scholarly journals The Effect of Rheology of Viscoelastic Polymer on Pressure Transient Response in Near-Wellbore Regions

Geofluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Jia Zhang ◽  
Shiqing Cheng ◽  
Jie Zhan ◽  
Qi Han
Keyword(s):  
Shear Thickening ◽  
Shear Thinning ◽  
Polymer Flooding ◽  
High Shear ◽  
Pressure Data ◽  
Transient Pressure ◽  
Pressure Derivative ◽  
Shear Rates ◽  
Viscoelastic Polymer ◽  
Thickening Behavior

Viscoelastic polymer solution shows shear thinning behavior at low shear rates and shear thickening behavior at high shear rates in reservoirs. However, models that ignored shear thickening behavior were commonly employed to interpret transient pressure data derived from tested wells in viscoelastic polymer flooding systems; although, viscoelastic polymer solutions show shear thickening behavior in the near-wellbore region due to high shear rate. To better characterize the oilfield with pressure transient analysis in viscoelastic polymer flooding systems, we developed a numerical model that takes into account both shear thinning behavior and shear thickening behavior. A finite volume method was employed to discretize partially differential flow equations in a hybrid grid system including PEBI mesh and Cartesian grid, and the Newton-Raphson method was used to solve the fully implicit nonlinear system. To illustrate the significance of our model, we compared our model with a model that ignores the shear thickening behavior by graphing their solutions on log-log plots. In the flow regime of near-wellbore damage, the pressure derivative computed by our model is distinctly larger than that computed by the model ignoring shear thickening behavior. Furthermore, the effect of shear thickening behavior on pressure derivative differs from that of near-wellbore damage. We then investigated the influence of shear thickening behavior on pressure derivative with different polymer injection rates, injection rates, and permeabilities. The results can provide a benchmark to better estimate near-wellbore damage in viscoelastic polymer flooding systems. Besides, we demonstrated the applicability and accuracy of our model by interpreting transient pressure data from a field case in an oilfield with viscoelastic polymer flooding treatments.

Time-dependent shear rate inhomogeneities and shear bands in a thixotropic yield-stress fluid under transient shear

Soft Matter ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (39) ◽  
pp. 7956-7967 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yufei Wei ◽  
Michael J. Solomon ◽  
Ronald G. Larson
Keyword(s):  
Shear Rate ◽  
Yield Stress ◽  
Fumed Silica ◽  
Shear Banding ◽  
Shear Bands ◽  
Flow Reversal ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Yield Stress Fluid ◽  
Silica Suspension

We study the rheological responses and shear-rate inhomogeneities and shear banding behaviors of a thixotropic fumed silica suspension in shear startup tests and flow reversal tests.

On the effectiveness of incorporating shear thickening fluid with fumed silica particles in hip protectors

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 015021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Haris ◽  
B W Y Goh ◽  
T E Tay ◽  
H P Lee ◽  
A V Rammohan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fumed Silica ◽  
Shear Thickening ◽  
Silica Particles ◽  
Shear Thickening Fluid ◽  
Hip Protectors

Dynamic wetting failure in shear-thinning and shear-thickening liquids

2020 ◽  
Vol 892 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vasileios Charitatos ◽  
Wieslaw J. Suszynski ◽  
Marcio S. Carvalho ◽  
Satish Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Shear Thickening ◽  
Shear Thinning ◽  
Dynamic Wetting ◽  
Image Position

Fully Developed Flow of Power-Law Fluid Through a Cylindrical Microfluidic Pipe: Pressure Drop and Electroviscous Effects

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ram P. Bharti ◽  
Dalton J. E. Harvie ◽  
Malcolm R. Davidson
Keyword(s):  
Pressure Drop ◽  
Field Strength ◽  
Charge Density ◽  
Power Law ◽  
Maximum Velocity ◽  
Shear Thickening ◽  
Shear Thinning ◽  
Electrical Field ◽  
Electrical Field Strength ◽  
Fluid Behaviour

Pressure drop and electroviscous effects in the axisymmetric, steady, fully developed, pressure-driven flow of incompressible power-law fluids through a cylindrical microchannel at low Reynolds number (Re = 0.01) have been investigated. The Poisson-Boltzmann equation (describing the electrical potential) and the momentum equations in conjunction with electrical force and power-law fluid rheology have been solved numerically using the finite difference method. The pipe wall is considered to have uniform surface charge density (S = 4) and the liquid is assumed to be a symmetric electrolyte solution. In particular, the influence of the dimensionless inverse Debye length (K = 2, 20) and power-law flow behaviour index (n = 0.2, 1, 1.8) on the EDL potential, ion concentrations and charge density profiles, induced electrical field strength, velocity and viscosity profiles and pressure drop have been studied. As expected, the local EDL potential, local charge density and electrical field strength increases with decreasing K and/or increasing S. The velocity profiles cross-over away from the charged pipe wall with increasing K and/or decreasing n. The maximum velocity at the center of the pipe increases with increasing n and/or increasing S and/or decreasing K. The shear-thinning fluid viscosity is strongly dependent on K and S, whereas the shear-thickening viscosity is very weakly dependent on K and S. For fixed K, as the fluid behaviour changes from Newtonian (n = 1) to shear-thinning (n < 1), the induced electrical field strength increases and maximum velocity reduces. On the other hand, the change in fluid behaviour from Newtonian (n = 1) to shear-thickening (n > 1) decreases the electrical field strength and increases the maximum velocity. The non-Newtonian effects on maximum velocity and pressure drop are stronger in shear-thinning fluids at small K and large S, the shear-thickening fluids show opposite influence. Electroviscous effects enhance with decreasing K and/or increasing S. The electroviscous effects show complex dependence on the non-Newtonian tendency of the fluids. The shear-thickening (n > 1) fluids and/or smaller K show stronger influence on the pressure drop and thus, enhance the electroviscous effects than that in shear-thinning (n < 1) fluids and/or large K where EDL is very thin.

Rheological Behaviors of Alumina Aqueous Suspensions

2007 ◽  
Vol 280-283 ◽  
pp. 1039-1040
Author(s):  
Tie Chao Wang ◽  
Jin Long Yang ◽  
Li Guo Ma ◽  
Yong Huang
Keyword(s):  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Aqueous Suspension ◽  
Solid Volume Fraction ◽  
Shear Thickening ◽  
Shear Thinning ◽  
Critical Value ◽  
Rheological Behaviors ◽  
Aqueous Suspensions ◽  
Alumina Suspensions

Rheological behaviors of alumina aqueous suspension were investigated, and some methods to modify the rheological behaviors of the suspensions were studied. It was found that there is a critical solid volume fraction for alumina aqueous suspensions. When the volume fraction reaches or exceeds the critical value the suspensions show shear thinning behaviors all along, while above which the rheological behaviors of alumina suspensions change from shear thinning to shear thickening.

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