Malcolm M Cross

TL;DR: In this article, the authors derived a flow equation for pseudoplastic flow that is associated with the formation and rupture of structural linkages in both aqueous and nonaqueous media.

TL;DR: In this paper, a four-parameter equation for non-Newtonian flow of bulk polymer and of polymer solutions is introduced, where η = η ∞ + (η0 − η∞)/[1 + (τD)m], η being the viscosity at shear rate D, and η 0 and ∞ limiting values at D = 0 and D = ∞, respectively.

TL;DR: In this article, a simple kinetic treatment involving the formation and rupture of linkages between primary particles is interpreted on the basis of a simple viscosity-shear equation, which leads to an equation of the form η = η ∞ + (η 0 - η ǫ ) (1 + αD m ), where η is the viscoity at shear rate D and η0 and ∞ are limiting values at, respectively, D = 0 and D = ∞.

TL;DR: In this paper, the elasticity of a viscoelastic fluid is represented in terms of elasticity correction given by Jobling and Roberts, together with an analytical expression for the corrected viscosity as a function of rate of shear.