Negative pressure in shear thickening band of a dilatant fluid

Shin-Ichiro Nagahiro1, Hiizu Nakanishi2

  • 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sendai National College of Technology, Miyagi 981-1239, Japan.

Physical Review. E
|January 14, 2017
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