电场方向对电流变液剪切应力的影响

采用分子动力学模拟的方法,研究了电场方向对电流变液剪切应力的影响结果表明由于流体中自发倾斜链的形成,剪切应力对电场方向有明显的依赖关系,并且在某些特定方向应力会显著增强一种关于电流变液理想结构的理论模型计算证实了该结果,这样人们可通过选择电场的最优方向来增强电流变效应,而不需要额外的能量消耗,从而为电流变液走向实用提供了一条可能的途径 关键词：

THE EFFECT OF ELECTRIC FIELD DIRECTION ON THE-SHEAR STRESS OF ER FLUIDS

The effect of the direction of external electric field on the shear stress of an ER fluid has been studied by molecular-dynamics simulation. Due to the formation of inclined chains, the shear stress strongly depends on the direction of the field, and it may be very large under some special field direction. And theoretical model of ideal microstructure of ER fluids has proved this result. Thus the ER effect may be greatly enhanced just by choosing an optimum direction for the field without any additional requirement, suggesting a promising way to the practical application of ER fluids.