X Radiography of Viscous Resuspension
arXiv:1904.12655 · doi:10.1063/1.5103271
Abstract
We use X-ray imaging to study viscous resuspension. In a Taylor-Couette geometry, we shear an initially settled layer of spherical glass particles immersed in a Newtonian fluid and measure the local volume fraction profiles. In this configuration, the steady-state profiles are simply related to the normal viscosity defined in the framework of the Suspension Balance Model (SBM). These experiments allow us to examine this fundamental quantity over a wide range of volume fractions, in particular in the semi-dilute regime where experimental data are sorely lacking. Our measurements unambiguously show that the particle stress is quadratic with respect to the volume fraction in the dilute limit. Strikingly, they also reveal a nonlinear dependence on the Shields number, in contrast with previous theoretical and experimental results. This likely points to shear-thinning particle stresses and to a non-Coulomb or velocity-weakening friction between the particles, as also evidenced from shear reversal experiments.
16 pages [main: 9, appendices:6, refs:1] 15 figures [main: 7, appendices:8] Submitted to Phys. Fluids
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