Există o relație strânsă între vâscozitate și viteza de forfecare, which is the rate at which a liquid deforms under shear force.

Shear rate is a physical quantity that describes the deformation rate of a liquid. It represents the deformation velocity per unit time. It is the ratio between the Shear velocity and the geometric constraint on the liquid. The shear rate is usually expressed as the ratio of the displacement difference per unit time (shear velocity) to the distance between two parallel layers (shear distance). The unit is usually the reciprocal of the second (s^(-1)).

Viscosity is the internal viscous resistance of a liquid, which measures the degree of stickiness or fluidity of a liquid. The greater the viscosity, the stickier the liquid and the more difficult it is to flow. Viscosity is usually expressed as the ratio of force per unit area to the difference in velocity per unit time (rata de forfecare). The unit is usually PASCAL seconds (Pa·s) or millipascal seconds (mPa·s).

Viscosity versus shear rate

The relationship between viscosity and shear rate can be described by Newton’s laws of fluid. Un fluid newtonian este un fluid idealizat cu o vâscozitate constantă care este independentă de viteza de forfecare. According to Newtonian fluid laws, viscosity is equal to the ratio of stress to shear rate.

În fluidele newtoniene, changes in the shear rate do not affect the magnitude of the viscosity, whether the shear rate is small or large. The viscosity of a Newton fluid remains the same, no matter how fast or how it is cut. in orice caz, for non-Newtonian fluids, such as shear-thinning and shear-thickening fluids, the viscosity will change as the shear rate changes. This means that the viscosity of a non-Newtonian fluid is a function of the shear rate, which can increase or decrease as the shear rate increases. The relationship between viscosity and shear rate of non-Newtonian fluids can be described and predicted by rheological tests and appropriate rheological models.