Abstract
We show that the viscosity of a dilute emulsion exhibits oscillations and hysteresis as a function of the shear rate. This results from breaking up of droplets in response to the shear flow. The new phenomena we describe are generic and do not depend on a specific choice of model. The interesting dependence of the basic properties of a dilute emulsion on the shear rate results from the fact that the immersed droplets must break when the shear rate applied to the system is large enough. 1997
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 4786-4789 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 79 |
| Issue number | 24 |
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| State | Published - 1 Jan 1997 |