| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 48, Number 1, October I 1999
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 93 - 98 | |
| Section | Interdisciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1999-00119-4 | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
Rheological memory effect in aqueous foam
Université de Marne-la-Vallée, Laboratoire de Physique des Matériaux Divisés et Interfaces - 5 Boulevard Descartes, F-77454 Marne-la-Vallée Cedex, France
Received:
13
April
1999
Accepted:
26
July
1999
We have measured the complex shear modulus G* of aqueous foam before and after applying a strain of the order of the yield strain for a brief period of time. After such a mechanical perturbation we observe transient "strain softening”: the real part of G* is smaller than before and as the foam aging process goes on, it slowly relaxes towards the values obtained for quiescent foam. The characteristic time scale of this relaxation increases with the foam age at which the perturbation is applied, following a scaling law.
PACS: 82.70.Rr – Aerosols and foams / 83.70.Hq – Heterogeneous liquids: suspensions, dispersions, emulsions, pastes, slurries, foams, block copolymers, etc / 83.50.By – Transient deformation and flow, time-dependent properties: start-up, stress relaxation, creep, recovery, etc
© EDP Sciences, 1999
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