Paper in PNAS: How do shear-thickening suspensions flow through pipes ?
This paper explains how suspensions of small particules (e.g. cornstarch in water), which are called shear-thickening suspensions and are known to “thicken” or jam when one tries to deform them too rapidly, can flow through a pipe without clogging the …
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