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摘要
An analytical solution for the calculation of the normal lubrication force acting between two moving spheres embedded in a shear-thinning fluid represented by a bi-viscous model is provided. The resulting force between the suspended spheres exhibits a consistent transition between the Newtonian constant-viscosity limits and it reduces to the well-known standard Newtonian lubrication theory for viscosity-ratio approaching one. Effects of several physical parameters of the theory are analyzed under relevant physical conditions, i.e., for a prototypical case of two non-colloidal spheres immersed in a non-Newtonian fluid with rheology parameterized by a bi-viscosity model. Topological results for high/low-viscosity regions in the gap between spheres are also analyzed in detail showing a rich phenomenology. The presented model enables the extension of lubrication dynamics for suspensions interacting with non-Newtonian matrices and provides a clean theoretical framework for new numerical computations of flow of dense complex particulate systems. Published by AIP Publishing.
- 出版日期2016-7
