TY - JOUR
AU1 - Zhang, Xianzhou
AU2 - Li, Weihua
AU3 - Gong, Xinglong
AB - Particle sedimentation is a key issue of conventional magnetorheological (MR) fluids. Werecently fabricated MR shear-thickening fluids (MRSTF), which can work as novel MRfluids without particle settling. This merit of the material against particle settling isattributed to the thixotropy property. By using shear-thickening fluids as a base medium, aseries of MRSTF samples was prepared and their rheological properties were tested. It wasfound that when the weight fraction of the STF base is above a threshold value of 15%, theMRSTF exhibits a significant thixotropy phenomenon, which greatly reduces thesettling problem of MR fluids and consequently increases the stability of MRfluids. A theoretical approach was proposed to verify the experimental studies.
TI - Thixotropy of MR shear-thickening fluids
JF - Smart Materials and Structures
DO - 10.1088/0964-1726/19/12/125012
DA - 2010-12-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/iop-publishing/thixotropy-of-mr-shear-thickening-fluids-JAQ90Euo8D
SP - 125012
VL - 19
IS - 12
DP - DeepDyve
ER -