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We report a large amount of experimental data on the stress overshoot phenomenon which takes place during start-up shear flows in a simple yield stress fluid, namely a carbopol microgel. A combination of classical rheological measurements and ultrasonic velocimetry makes it possible to get physical insights on the transient dynamics of both the stress $\sigma(t)$ and the velocity field across the gap of a rough cylindrical Couette cell during the start-up of shear under an applied shear rate $\dot\gamma$. (i) At small strains ($\gamma <1$), $\sigma(t)$ increases linearly and the microgel undergoes homogeneous deformation. (ii) At a time $t_m$, the stress reaches a maximum value $\sigma_m$ which corresponds to the failure of the microgel and to the nucleation of a thin lubrication layer at the moving wall. (iii) The microgel then experiences a strong elastic recoil and enters a regime of total wall slip while the stress slowly decreases. (iv) Total wall slip gives way to a transient shear-banding phenomenon, which occurs on timescales much longer than that of the stress overshoot and has been described elsewhere [Divoux \textit{et al., Phys. Rev. Lett.}, 2010, \textbf{104}, 208301].

Author

Divoux, Thibaut; Barentin, Catherine; Manneville, Sebastien

Published

2011

Language

EN