How nonmagnetic particles intensify rotational diffusion in magnetorheological fluids

L. Rodríguez-Arco, M. T. López-López, P. Kuzhir, and F. González-Caballero
Phys. Rev. E 90, 012310 – Published 31 July 2014
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Abstract

In this work we propose a mechanism to explain the enhancement of the magnetic-field-induced yield stress when nonmagnetic particles are added to magnetic particulate suspensions, i.e., two-component suspensions. Our main hypothesis is that the nonmagnetic particles collide with the field-induced magnetic aggregates under shear flow. Consequently, supplementary fluctuations of the orientations of the magnetic aggregates occur, resulting in an effective rotary diffusion process, which increases the dynamic yield stress of the suspension. Furthermore, the collision rate and the rotary diffusivity of the aggregates should increase with the concentration of nonmagnetic particles. Rheological measurements in plate-plate and cylindrical Couette geometries confirm the increase of the yield stress with the volume fraction of nonmagnetic particles. In addition, such an effect appears to be more important in Couette geometry, for which orientation fluctuations of the magnetic aggregates play a more significant role. Finally, a theoretical model based on this rotary diffusion mechanism is developed, providing a quantitative explanation of the experimentally observed trends.

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  • Received 7 December 2013
  • Revised 29 March 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.90.012310

©2014 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

L. Rodríguez-Arco1,*, M. T. López-López1, P. Kuzhir2, and F. González-Caballero1

  • 1Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Science, Campus de Fuentenueva, University of Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain
  • 2Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, University of Nice–Sophia Antipolis, CNRS, UMR No. 7336, 28 Avenue Joseph Vallot, 06100 Nice, France

  • *Corresponding author: l_rodriguezarco@ugr.es

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Vol. 90, Iss. 1 — July 2014

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