A few additional data from our previous experiments were plotted to emphasize the shear-thickening behavior ofdeoxy sickle erythrocyte (SS) suspension. A constitutive equation (named as FX equation) was developed ...A few additional data from our previous experiments were plotted to emphasize the shear-thickening behavior ofdeoxy sickle erythrocyte (SS) suspension. A constitutive equation (named as FX equation) was developed and applied to a cylindrical pipe flow of a shear-thickening fluid. A blunt velocity profile and its volume flow rate were calculated. The flow was non-viscous (potential) in the central part of the pipe (i.e. the central core or the central plug-flow), and became more and more viscous towards the wall of the pipe after a specific radial distance, which was determined by a critical shear rate of γF (named as Fung's shear rate). Furthermore, combining the FX equation with the original Casson's equation, the author obtained a modified Casson's equation by introducing γF.展开更多
文摘A few additional data from our previous experiments were plotted to emphasize the shear-thickening behavior ofdeoxy sickle erythrocyte (SS) suspension. A constitutive equation (named as FX equation) was developed and applied to a cylindrical pipe flow of a shear-thickening fluid. A blunt velocity profile and its volume flow rate were calculated. The flow was non-viscous (potential) in the central part of the pipe (i.e. the central core or the central plug-flow), and became more and more viscous towards the wall of the pipe after a specific radial distance, which was determined by a critical shear rate of γF (named as Fung's shear rate). Furthermore, combining the FX equation with the original Casson's equation, the author obtained a modified Casson's equation by introducing γF.