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Edge Fracture in Complex Fluids

Hemingway, Ewan J.; Kusumaatmaja, Halim; Fielding, Suzanne M.

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Ewan J. Hemingway



Abstract

We study theoretically the edge fracture instability in sheared complex fluids, by means of linear stability analysis and direct nonlinear simulations. We derive an exact analytical expression for the onset of edge fracture in terms of the shear-rate derivative of the fluid’s second normal stress difference, the shear-rate derivative of the shear stress, the jump in shear stress across the interface between the fluid and the outside medium (usually air), the surface tension of that interface, and the rheometer gap size. We provide a full mechanistic understanding of the edge fracture instability, carefully validated against our simulations. These findings, which are robust with respect to choice of rheological constitutive model, also suggest a possible route to mitigating edge fracture, potentially allowing experimentalists to achieve and accurately measure flows stronger than hitherto possible.

Citation

Hemingway, E. J., Kusumaatmaja, H., & Fielding, S. M. (2017). Edge Fracture in Complex Fluids. Physical Review Letters, 119(2), Article 028006. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.119.028006

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 14, 2017
Online Publication Date Jul 14, 2017
Publication Date Jul 14, 2017
Deposit Date Jul 17, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Physical Review Letters
Print ISSN 0031-9007
Electronic ISSN 1079-7114
Publisher American Physical Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 119
Issue 2
Article Number 028006
DOI https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.119.028006

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