An Effect of Magnetic Field on Viscosity of Magnetic Fluid

Viscosity of magnetic fluid changes when an interaction angle between magnetic field and flow vorticity changes. The test shows that viscosity becomes maximum when they cross perpendicularly and becomes minimum when they are parallel. These phenomena were studied theoretically by M. I. Shliomis and W. F. Hall. This paper describes an analysis of the relation between viscosity and the interaction angle from test results and the comparison between that and the theory.