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The flow curves, viz. the curves of stationary stress under steady shearing, are obtained close to the glass transition in dense colloidal dispersions using asymptotic expansions in the schematic \(\ensuremath{F_{12}^{(\dot{\gamma})}}\) -model of mode coupling theory. The shear thinning of the viscosity in fluid states and the yielding of glassy states is discussed. At the transition between fluid and shear-molten glass, simple and generalized Herschel-Bulkley laws are derived with power law exponents that can be computed for different particle interactions from the equilibrium structure factor.
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Hajnal, D., Fuchs, M. Flow curves of colloidal dispersions close to the glass transition. Eur. Phys. J. E 28, 125–138 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2008-10361-0
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