Electro-Rheology Fluids and Liquid Fuel Flow

Abstract

The goals of this research are: to understand and clarify the physical mechanism underlying the electrorheological (ER) response of fluids and establish an ab initio theory for the phenomenon; to study the structure of ER fluids and their properties, to investigate the change of viscosity of ER fluids with an applied electric field; to apply the ER phenomenon to liquid fuel flows, to control their viscosity and hence their velocity; to examine the necessary theoretical and technique problems associated to the design of a new class of liquid fuel control devices which are based on the ER phenomenon.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 1991
Accession Number
ADA238600

Entities

People

  • Narendra K. Jaggi
  • Robert N. Zitter
  • Rongjia Tao

Organizations

  • Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alcohols
  • Computer Simulations
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Elastic Properties
  • Electric Fields
  • Energy
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Phase Transformations
  • Power Supplies
  • Shear Modulus
  • Shear Stresses
  • Simulations
  • Strain Rate
  • Subatomic Particles
  • Three Dimensional
  • Transitions
  • Two Dimensional

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