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Experimental Measurement of Settling Velocity of Spherical Particles in Unconfined and Confined Surfactant-based Shear Thinning Viscoelastic Fluids
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Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 02:02Preparation of the Fluids
- 03:00Measurement of Settling Velocities in Unbounded Fluids
- 04:55Measurement of Settling Velocities for Fluids Between Parallel Walls
- 06:13Rheological Characterization of Fluids
- 07:46Determining the Influence of Elasticity on Unbounded Velocities
- 08:45Quantifying the Retardation Effect of Parallel Walls on Settling Velocities
- 09:36Conclusion
This paper demonstrates the experimental procedure to measure terminal settling velocities of spherical particles in surfactant-based shear thinning viscoelastic fluids. Fluids over a wide range of rheological properties are prepared and settling velocities are measured for a range of particle sizes in unbounded fluids and fluids between parallel walls.
