One-dimensional modelling of the thinning of particulate suspensions near pinch-off

This paper deals with the thinning dynamics of a liquid bridge of dilute par- ticulate suspensions in a Newtonian matrix. We describe the final stage before break-up of a colloidal suspension, which occurs in a liquid thread between two confining beads. The model, based on the one-dimensional mass and momentum conservation equations, shows quantitative agreement with the experimentally observed deceleration and final pinching behaviour of the medium between indi- vidually monitored particles in the suspension (Mathues et al., Phys. Fluids 27, 093301, 2015) and thus supports the hypothesis that an accelerated thinning of the Newtonian matrix is caused by an active stretching via independently moving particles.

Publication year:2018

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