Fig.1

JP-10 gel fuel with 50wt% boron content

Fig.2

Experimental instrument

Table 1

Experiment plans

Fig.3

Curves of shear rate versus time （Experiment 3 to Experiment 5）

Fig.4

Viscosity-time curves of gel fuel at a shear rate of 1 000 s⁻¹

Table 2

Logarithmic function fitting parameters for gel fuel viscosity versus time

Table 3

Power function fitting parameters for gel fuel viscosity versus time

Fig.5

Curves of shear rate versus time （Experiment 1 and Experiment 2）

Fig.6

Double-logarithmic coordinate curves of gel fuel viscosity versus shear rate

Table 4

Gel fuel viscosity of Experiment 1 and Experiment 2 at different shear rates

Fig.7

Curves of shear rate versus time （Experiment 6 to Experiment 8）

Fig.8

Viscosity-time curves of gel fuel at a shear rate of 4 000 s⁻1

Table 5

Power function fitting parameters for gel fuel viscosity versus time data

Table 6

Data fitting parameters based on structural dynamics model

Fig.9

Scatter plot and data fitting curves of gel fuel viscosity versus time at a shear rate of 1 000 s⁻¹ （fitted based on Eq.（6））

Table 7

Power function fitting parameters based on 1 000 s⁻¹ shear ultimate viscosity

Fig.10

Scatter plot and data fitting curves of gel fuel viscosity versus time at a shear rate of 1 000 s⁻¹ （fitted based on Eq.（7））

Fig.11

Scatter plot and fitting curves of fuel viscosity versus time at a shear rate of 4 000 s⁻¹

Table 8

Gel fuel viscosity at different shear rates after pre-shearing treatment

Fig.12

Curves of temperature versus time

Fig.13

Viscosity-temperature curves of gel fuel at a shear rate of 4 000 s-1

Fig.14

Viscosity-temperature curve of gel fuel at a shear rate of 2 500 s-1

Fig.15

Curves of gel fuel viscosity versus shear rate after temperature cycling

Fig.16

Curves of shear stress versus shear rate at different shear rate increasing rates

Fig.17

Curves of shear stress versus shear rate before and after pre-shear treatment

Fig.18

Curves of shear stress versus shear rate before and after temperature cycling