DOI: 10.1039/d6sm00328a ISSN: 1744-683X
Suspensions of non-Brownian rods: droplet pinch-off, onset of heterogeneity and effective extensional viscosity
Virgile Thiévenaz, Nathan Vani, Alban SauretWe investigate the behaviour of suspensions of non-Brownian rods in extension, through a droplet pinch-off experiment. We highlight the heterogeneous effects in the dynamics, and propose empirical laws for the extensional viscosity.