
the free rotation of the particle, and resultantly this torque gives rise to an 
increase of the fluid’s viscosity. 
In this case, however, when the magnetic field  H  is applied as colin-
ear with the rotation   of the fluid particle, the magnetic moment m  (or 
M ) will be aligned with the same direction of  H  ( M // H ), and with that 
there is not any field influence, rotating the particle with the same angular 
velocity  (
p
Ȧ = ). Obviously, when there is no magnetic field 
0 H
, 
the particle has no preferable direction to be oriented, and rotates freely 
with the same angular velocity of the fluid particle. The theoretical expla-
nation of magnetoviscous effect in diluted magnetic fluids was given by 
Shliomis (1972); this also gives the basis for the development of ferrohy-
drodynamic equations. 
By considering the establishment of the angular momentum equation 
of magnetic fluid, we can write Eq. (8.2.3), using the stress tensor given in 
Eq. (8.2.9), as follows 
İc
Ȧ
 ේ
Dt
D
I
p
:
¸
¹
·
¨
©
§
em
v
TT  
(8.2.18) 
Here, it is mentioned that 
s
 is replaced by the intrinsic angular momentum 
of the particles with the particles rotation 
p
Ȧ , as 
p
IȦs  
. Denote that the 
explicit expression of  f
 in Eq. (8.2.3) is disregarded here at this point. 
The constitutive equation for the couple stress tensor or the surface 
couple stress tensor 
c
 is difficult to obtain, but it is simply assumed that 
c
 
is symmetric and diffusive by the intrinsic rotation 
p
Ȧ
 (the angular spin 
rate) analogous to the Newtonian viscous fluid, which is dependent upon 
the rate of strain, Rosensweig (1985), as follows 
T
ppp
ȦȦȦ ේේේ   'Ic
'
KO
 
(8.2.19) 
where, by analogy, 
'
 and 
'
 are respectively called the shear and bulk 
coefficients of the spin viscosity. 
The terms, 
İ :
v
T  and  İ :
em
T , that appear in Eq. (8.2.18) are treated 
with the following considerations. Firstly, we can consider the origin of  
İ
:
v
T  that is derived from an extraneous magnetic torque to maintain 
p
Ȧ  
against   under magnetic field, Rosensweig (1988) 
  
I
 : 
s
Ȧ  
p
v
W
Tİ  
(8.2.20) 
        
Ȧ  
p
4 
(8.2.21) 
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