Abstract: | Within the framework of the study of the fibrillation mechanism in an electrorheological (ER) suspension, this work presents
a comparison between the self similar solutions when the kernel is Ki,j ~ (i−1 + j−1) and the behaviour of the chains growth. Till now, the field induced chains formation has only been studied by numerical
or experimental methods. The work of Fournier and Lauren?ot (Communications in Mathematical Physics 256 2005) on the Smoluchowski’s
equation allows us to present an analytical solution for the field induced pearl chains in a colloidal ER suspension. |