Different methods for determining the yield stress of ferrofluids.

YIELD stress; MAGNETIC fluids; MAGNETIC flux density; SHEAR strain; SHEARING force

The yield stress of ferrofluids has been a hot topic in their rheological studies, and it is still controversial which method could obtain the more accurate yield stress value. In this work, we used varieties of methods to obtain the yield stress of the ferrofluid, including steady shear and oscillatory shear. We obtained the static yield stress and dynamic yield stress of the ferrofluid by Herschel–Bulkley fitting of the flow curves measured by the controlled shear rate mode and the controlled shear stress mode, and found that at any magnetic field strength, the static yield stress was always significantly greater than the dynamic yield stress. We then performed oscillatory shear of the ferrofluid and determined the yield stress using three methods, where the yield stress value corresponding to the intersection of the storage modulus G ′ and the loss modulus G ″ is similar to the static yield stress value fitted by H-B at low magnetic field strength. The power law function and shear stress as a function of shear strain consistently gave the maximum value of the yield stress. Ultimately, we believe that which method is ultimately chosen depends on the practical application conditions of interest. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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