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On the role of stress-induced migration on time-dependent terminal velocities of falling spheres

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There is experimental evidence to suggest that even under steady-state conditions the velocity of solid spheres or bubbles moving through viscoelastic fluids can become time dependent. One of the possible explanations offered for interpreting this phenomenon has been the generation of a polymer depleted layer in the line of passage of the particles, which disappears due to the counterbalancing effect of molecular diffusion in the long range. We have done some careful experiments and measured these concentrations to show that no such depletion layers are formed. Alternative explanations of the phenomenon have been examined and the importance of the possible effects of microstructures generated through temporary associations has been emphasised.

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Ambeskar, V.D., Mashelkar, R.A. On the role of stress-induced migration on time-dependent terminal velocities of falling spheres. Rheol Acta 29, 182–191 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01331354

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