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Effects of shear-induced phase separation on steady state viscoelastic properties

  • Mikihito Takenaka
  • , Maya K. Endoh
  • , Tadashi Inoue
  • , Hiroshi Watanabe
  • , Takashi Taniguchi
  • , Takeji Hashimoto
  • Kyoto University
  • Yamagata University

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Abstract

We aimed to elucidate the effect of shear-enhanced concentration fluctuations and/or shear-induced structure formation under simple shear flow on the steady-state viscoelastic properties of the entangled polymer solutions. In order to compare the viscoelastic behaviors having shear-induced concentration fluctuations and/or phase separation and those of homogeneous state in steady state, we calculated the shear stress and the normal stress differences by using K-BKZ type constitutive equation as those in homogeneous state. We found that the contribution of shear-enhanced concentration fluctuations is surprisingly small though the amplitude of the concentration fluctuations in the solution is large.

Original languageEnglish
Pages783
Number of pages1
StatePublished - 2005
Event54th SPSJ Annual Meeting 2005 - Yokohama, Japan
Duration: May 25 2005May 27 2005

Conference

Conference54th SPSJ Annual Meeting 2005
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityYokohama
Period05/25/0505/27/05

Keywords

  • Semi-dilute polymer solutions
  • Shear-induced phase separation
  • Viscoelastic effects

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