Ground States of Magnetorheological Fluids

Lei Zhou, Weijia Wen, Ping Sheng
1998 Physical Review Letters  
Through energy minimization and stability argument, we find the ground states of the magnetorheological fluids to consist of magnetic particles arranged in a body centered tetragonal structure inside spheroidal clusters. The width D of the clusters varies with the length L as D ϳ L n , where n 0.62 for magnetically saturated particles. In the case of magnetically unsaturated particles, the power law variation is divided into two segments, with n 0.4 in the first segment and n 0.62 in the large
more » ... limit. Our results offer a theoretical framework for the resolution of conflicting experimental observations, with the demagnetization field being the crucial physical consideration. [S0031-9007(98)
doi:10.1103/physrevlett.81.1509 fatcat:2b3xepiysfe75ahedq2yljfldu