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- Title
A Thermodynamically Consistent, Microscopically-Based, Model of the Rheology of Aggregating Particles Suspensions.
- Authors
Jariwala, Soham; Wagner, Norman J.; Beris, Antony N.
- Abstract
In this work, we outline the development of a thermodynamically consistent microscopic model for a suspension of aggregating particles under arbitrary, inertia-less deformation. As a proof-of-concept, we show how the combination of a simplified population-balance-based description of the aggregating particle microstructure along with the use of the single-generator bracket description of nonequilibrium thermodynamics, which leads naturally to the formulation of the model equations. Notable elements of the model are a lognormal distribution for the aggregate size population, a population balance-based model of the aggregation and breakup processes and a conformation tensor-based viscoelastic description of the elastic network of the particle aggregates. The resulting example model is evaluated in steady and transient shear forces and elongational flows and shown to offer predictions that are consistent with observed rheological behavior of typical systems of aggregating particles. Additionally, an expression for the total entropy production is also provided that allows one to judge the thermodynamic consistency and to evaluate the importance of the various dissipative phenomena involved in given flow processes.
- Subjects
RHEOLOGY; NONEQUILIBRIUM thermodynamics; LOGNORMAL distribution; SHEARING force; ELECTRORHEOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE
- Publication
Entropy, 2022, Vol 24, Issue 5, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1099-4300
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/e24050717