Abstract
The viscometers used were: (a) a proprietary rotational coaxial-cylinder instrument; and (b) a Harkness capillary-tube viscometer. In (a), the mean shear-rate is selected by the choice of rotational speed. In (b), the wall shear-stress is selected by the choice of driving-pressure. If the Viscosity is varied, the mean shear-rate varies, at constant wall shear-stress. The present paper attempts to show how, in principle, a complete family of “constant-rate” (rotational) curves can be computer-plotted from two suitably-spaced capillary-tube measurements.
The reverse process, involving the correction of “playback” errors, is touched upon.
A variable “Einstein coefficient” is derived from the principal parameters in the computer solution; and the basic problems of compatibility in “rates of shear” are discussed.
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