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Within the framework of the study of the fibrillation mechanism in an electrorheological (ER) suspension, this work presents a comparison between the self similar solutions when the kernel is Ki,j ~ (i−1 + j−1) and the behaviour of the chains growth. Till now, the field induced chains formation has only been studied by numerical or experimental methods. The work of Fournier and Laurençot (Communications in Mathematical Physics 256 2005) on the Smoluchowski’s equation allows us to present an analytical solution for the field induced pearl chains in a colloidal ER suspension.
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René Limage: Chercheur indépendant, diplômé de l’Université de Liége.
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Mimouni, Z., Limage, R. Field induced aggregation in electrorheological suspension: kernel form and self similar solutions. Z. angew. Math. Phys. 60, 569–574 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00033-008-7052-z
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