Loss of solutions in shear banding fluids in shear banding fluids driven by second normal stress differences

Details Loss of solutions in shear banding fluids in shear banding fluids driven by second normal stress differences Loss of solutions in shear banding fluids in shear banding fluids driven by second normal stress differences

2010-12-17

arxiv.org/abs/1012.3971v2

Journal of Rheology 55 (2011) 1219-1246

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

23 pages, to be published in Journal of Rheology

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Edge fracture occurs frequently in non-Newtonian fluids. A similar instability has often been reported at the free surface of fluids undergoing shear banding, and leads to expulsion of the sample. In this paper the distortion of the free surface of such a shear banding fluid is calculated by balancing the surface tension against the second normal stresses induced in the two shear bands, and simultaneously requiring a continuous and smooth meniscus. We show that wormlike micelles typically retain meniscus integrity when shear banding, but in some cases can lose integrity for a range of average applied shear rates during which one expects shear banding. This meniscus fracture would lead to ejection of the sample as the shear banding region is swept through. We further show that entangled polymer solutions are expected to display a propensity for fracture, because of their much larger second normal stresses. These calculations are consistent with available data in the literature. We also estimate the meniscus distortion of a three band configuration, as has been observed in some wormlike micellar solutions in a cone and plate geometry.

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