Shear thickening fluids (STFs) are typically composed of a concentrated stabilized dispersion of rigid sub-micron particles in a carrier fluid and show a marked increase in viscosity beyond a critical shear rate [1]. It has been demonstrated that STFs can be integrated in dynamically loaded structures to tailor their damping and stiffness properties [2]. Potential applications are alpine skis w...

Biological microorganisms swim with flagella and cilia that execute nonreciprocal motions for low Reynolds number (Re) propulsion in viscous fluids. This symmetry requirement is a consequence of Purcell's scallop theorem, which complicates the actuation scheme needed by microswimmers. However, most biomedically important fluids are non-Newtonian where the scallop theorem no longer holds. It sho...

We study the rheology of a two-fluid emulsion in semiconcentrated conditions; solute is Newtonian while solvent an inelastic power-law fluid. The problem at hand tackled by means direct numerical simulations using volume fluid method. analysis performed for different fractions and viscosity ratios under assumption negligible inertia zero buoyancy force. Several carrier fluids are considered enc...