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A nonlocal theory for stress in bound, Brownian suspensions of slender, rigid fibres

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2006

Richard L. Schiek  and
Eric S. G. Shaqfeh
Richard L. Schiek
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305–5025, USA
Eric S. G. Shaqfeh
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305–5025, USA
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Abstract

A nonlocal theory for stress in bound suspensions of rigid, slender fibres is developed and used to predict the rheology of dilute, rigid polymer suspensions when confined to capillaries or fine porous media. Because the theory is nonlocal, we describe transport in a fibre suspension where the velocity and concentration fields change rapidly on the fibre's characteristic length. Such rapid changes occur in a rigidly bound domain because suspended particles are sterically excluded from configurations near the boundaries. A rigorous no-flux condition resulting from the presence of solid boundaries around the suspension is included in our nonlocal stress theory and naturally gives rise to concentration gradients that scale on the length of the particle. Brownian motion of the rigid fibres is included within the nonlocal stress through a Fokker–Planck description of the fibres’ probability density function where gradients of this function are proportional to Brownian forces and torques exerted on the suspended fibres. This governing Fokker–Planck probability density equation couples the fluid flow and the nonlocal stress resulting in a nonlinear set of integral-differential equations for fluid stress, fluid velocity and fibre probability density. Using the method of averaged equations (Hinch 1977) and slender-body theory (Batchelor 1970), the system of equations is solved for a dilute suspension of rigid fibres experiencing flow and strong Brownian motion while confined to a gap of the same order in size as the fibre's intrinsic length. The full solution of this problem, as the fluid in the gap undergoes either simple shear or pressure-driven flow, is solved self-consistently yielding average fluid velocity, shear and normal stress profiles within the gap as well as the probability density function for the fibres’ position and orientation. From these results we calculate concentration profiles, effective viscosities and slip velocities and compare them to experimental data.

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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 296 , 10 August 1995 , pp. 271 - 324
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© 1995 Cambridge University Press

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