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Velocity profiles in steady flows of fluid/particle mixtures through a duct with an abrupt contraction were measured by magnetic resonance imaging. Aqueous solutions of carboxymethyl cellulose containing particles, including spheres, disklike particles, and short fibers, at high volume fractions were used. As a result, a plug-like velocity profile was observed in a straight duct flow for every suspension, but the velocity profile depends on the particle shape at contraction. Disklike particles caused an unsteady flow, and short fibers caused a concave shape in the velocity profile near the centerline upstream of the contraction. Spheres did not affect the flow field. The concave profile became obvious with increased volume fraction of fiber. This result is caused by the larger elongational viscosity of the fiber suspension near the centerline of the channel, as compared with that of the sphere suspension.

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