Cross fluid - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

A cross fluid is a type of generalized Newtonian fluid whose viscosity depends upon shear rate according to the following equation:

μ e f f ( γ ˙ ) = μ 0 1 + ( μ 0 γ ˙ τ ∗ ) 1 − n

where

μ e f f ( γ ˙ ) is viscosity as a function of shear rate, μ 0 , τ ∗ and n are coefficients.

At low shear rate ( μ 0 γ ˙ ≪ τ ∗ ), cross fluids behave as Newtonian fluids and at high shear rate ( μ 0 γ ˙ ≫ τ ∗ ) as power-law fluids.

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