The Effect of Electrostatic Fields on the Orientation of Collodial Particles Immersed in Shear Flow

Author: Demetriades, Sterge Theodore

Year: 1958

Degree: Engineer's thesis

Advisor: Wayland, J. Harold

Committee Member: Unknown, Unknown

Option: Mechanical Engineering

DOI: 10.7907/AZC4-P010

Abstract

The orientation distribution function for colloidal particles immersed in Couette flow with an electric field parallel to the velocity gradient is derived in this study. A description of a modified and improved version of streaming birefringence apparatus built to test this theory and to conduct other studies in streaming birefringence is also included.

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