Negative thixotropy, also called antithixotropy, is the effect of a flow-induced increase in viscosity that has been observed for many polymer solutions. Here, a simple quantitative model describing the time dependence of the shear stress or viscosity is presented. The model assumes a dynamic gel or network in the polymer solution, whose cross-links are dynamically formed and broken. The cross-links exist with or without deformation or flow of the solution. A second property of the model network is that it cannot be deformed infinitely, which is also true for any real network. The dynamic network solution is characterized by four parameters: its elastic shear modulus, its maximum degree of deformation, the rate with which the dynamic cross-links form and break and the viscous contribution of the polymer solution. The first two parameters can be related to each other, so only three independent parameters enter the model. An analytical solution is obtained which describes the flow-induced increase in viscosity, the minimum shear rate required for negative thixotropy and the dependence of the induction time on the shear rate. The results are shown to be in agreement with reported experimental results. 相似文献
Based on the magnetic interaction energy, using derivative of the magnetic energy density, a model is proposed to compute the magnetic-induced shear modulus of magnetorheological elastomers. Taking into account the influences of particles in the same chain and the particles in all adjacent chains, the traditional magnetic dipole model of the magnetorheological elastomers is modified. The influence of the ratio of the distance etween adjacent chains to the distance between adjacent particles in a chain on the magnetic induced shear odulus is quantitatively studied. When the ratio is large, the multi-chain model is compatible with the single chain model, but when the ratio is small, the difference of the two models is significant and can not be neglected. Making certain the size of the columns and the distance between adjacent columns, after constructing the computational model of BCT structures, the mechanical property of the magnetorheological elastomers composed of columnar structures is analyzed. Results show that, conventional point dipole model has overrated the magnetic-induced shear modulus of the magnetorheological elastomers. From the point of increasing the magnetic-induced shear modulus, when the particle volume fraction is small, the chain-like structure exhibits better result than the columnar structure, but when the particle volume fraction is large,the columnar structure will be better. 相似文献
Abstract The present work describes the resonance method for measurement of a low-frequency (about 105 Hz) complex shear modulus of liquids by the use of a piezoquartz crystal. The problem of interaction of an oscillating system of the type piezoquartz-liquid interlayer-cover plate is analyzed. From the analysis of the problem there follow three methods for measuring the elasticity modulus of liquids. The investigation results of a homologous series of polymethyl siloxane liquids are presented. It has been shown that as the molecular weight of the series being investigated increases, the elasticity modulus value also increases, while the mechanical losses angle tangent passes through its maximum. 相似文献
Current network theory exhibits inconsistencies which show up particularly clearly in deformation of networks prepared by crosslinking a polymer in solution. A check of theory can be obtained if one knows precisely the number of crosslinks in the network and if a range of deformations is applied to the network. In an effort to explore this problem we have examined the relation of shear modulus to crosslink density, primary molecular weight, and polymer concentration for a series of poly(vinyl alcohol) gels at low to intermediate concentrations. Aqueous poly(vinyl alcohol) solutions were crosslinked to form infinite networks using terephthalaldehyde. We find a large discrepancy with these poly(vinyl alcohol) gels between measured shear modulus and that calculated from classical elasticity theory assuming quantitative reaction of crosslinking. The ratio of measured to calculated modulus is independent of crosslink density for a given primary molecular weight and concentration. It shows linear dependence on polymer concentration prior to crosslinking and extrapolates to a critical concentration which is consistent with the effective sizes of the polymer molecules. 相似文献
Summary: Effects of magnetization on the complex modulus of κ‐carrageenan magnetic gels have been investigated. The magnetic gel was made of a natural polymer, κ‐carrageenan, and a ferromagnetic particle, barium ferrite. The complex modulus of the magnetic gel was investigated by dynamic viscoelastic measurements with a compressional strain. It was first observed that the magnetic gels showed giant storage modulus reduction ≈107 Pa before and after magnetization. The reduction was nearly independent of the frequency, and it increased with increasing the volume fraction of the ferrite. The maximum reduction in the storage modulus reached 14.9 MPa which corresponds to 76.5% of the modulus before magnetization. It was also found that the change in the modulus was nearly independent of a magnetization direction. Magnetism and morphology of the magnetic gels were also presented.
Strain dependence of the storage modulus at 1 Hz for κ‐carrageenan gel (□) and its magnetic gel before (○) and after (•) magnetization (ϕ = 0.39). The geometry of magnetization and strain directions is perpendicular. 相似文献
The effect on rheological properties on mixing one gel-forming and one nongelling polymer is investigated. It is found that on addition of a nongelling polymer to a constant amount of gel-forming polymer, the shear modulus of the resulting gel can either decrease or increase depending on the polymers. The results are interpreted within a simple qualitative model based on polymer incompatibility in combination with percolation theory and a uniform stress approximation. 相似文献
This paper describes the deformation of gels in a centrifugal field leading to a continuous equilibrium. A gel is considered to be a binary mixture of cross-linked polymer and solvent and is assumed to remain isotropic during the deformation. From the equation for the osmotically effective pressure, called swelling pressure, the thermodynamic properties of a gel can be calculated. For highly swollen gels the expression of Svedberg and Pedersen is obtained. It is shown that the complete concentration dependence of the swelling pressure in the concentration range of the maximally swollen gel up to that at the cell bottom can be measured in a single equilibrium experiment. The homogeneity of weakly cross-linked gels can be examined by means of the method described. Soluble parts which are not incorporated into the polymer network can also be detected if they are present. From the swelling pressure-concentration curves it is possible to derive the thermodynamic properties of the physically crosslinked gelatin/water gels that were investigated. These gels can be described by means of a slightly modified Flory-Huggins equation with an interaction parameter χw in the weight fraction scale, which depends linearly on concentration. The interaction parameters show a dependence on concentration which is explained by an increased branching and crosslinking of the polymer with increasing initial polymer concentration of the gels. At low initial polymer concentration, the primary chains have to aggregate to build up relatively long chains between the network junctions. The static shear modulus G which can be calculated from the network term has the same order of magnitude as the real part of the complex shear modulus which is measured at low frequency. 相似文献
Conceptually, an imagined conformation ellipsoid is supposed to represent the shape of a polymerchain for polymer melts in flow fields and to be equivalent to the volume element in a mathematical sense incontinuum mechanics. A power law dependence of shear modulus of polymer melts on detC, referred to asenvelope volume, is proposed. Based on those assumptions and the non-linear relation of shear modulus, aphenomenological viscoelastic model is derived. The model is tested in simple shear flow, simpleelongational flow, oscillatory shear flow, and relaxation process after flow suddenly stopped. The resultsshow that the model works well to predict the change of internal structure and viscoelastic performance ofpolymer melts in flow fields. 相似文献