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Stress propagation in a concentrated colloidal suspension under shear

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The stress propagation in a concentrated attractive colloidal suspension under shear is studied using numerical simulations. The spatial correlations of the intercolloidal stress field are studied and an inertia-like tensor is defined in order to characterize the anisotropic nature of the stress field. It is shown that the colloids remain in a liquid order, the intercolloidal stress is strongly anisotropic. A transition under flow is observed: during a transient regime at low deformation, the stress propagates along the compression direction of the shear, whereas at larger deformations, the stress is organized into layers parallel to the (flow, vorticity) plane.

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Martys, N.S., Khalil, M., George, W.L. et al. Stress propagation in a concentrated colloidal suspension under shear. Eur. Phys. J. E 35, 20 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2012-12020-3

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