Domaines
                                                                          
                                                Soft matter
                                        
                                                                       
                                Type of internship
 Expérimental et théorique  Description
                                
                                    Emerging efforts at reducing water consumption in water-based industrial processes have led 
to an increased use of foams as a carrier in replacement of plain water in which particles or 
drops are dispersed. Yet, this use of foams, which consists in dispersion of bubbles in a liquid 
stabilized with surfactants, requires to revisit their behavior under flow when they contain 
particles or drops. In this framework, the case of fibers being dispersed in foams is of 
particular interest because strong anisotropic effects are expected under flow. Indeed, 
viscous shear is likely to orient the fibers in the flow direction, leading to anisotropic effects. 
In this internship, we aim at measuring the structural and rheological response of foams 
containing fibers under shear. To do so, several experimental configurations will be studied 
and compared. (i) Classical rheology measurement between plates or coaxial cylinders. (ii) 
Flows in millifluidics. In both cases, we will couple the rheological measurement with direct 
visualization. 
Several physical-chemical parameters will be used to gain insights into the behavior of the 
system : the fiber and gas volume fractions, the amount of surfactant, the viscosity of the 
continuous phase, the fiber length.
                                
                            Contact
  Emilie VERNEUIL