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We studied sheared colloidal suspensions using the Brownian Dynamics (BD) method. We found that the shear thinning behaviour of such a suspension is caused by shear induced ordering of the suspended particles. Two different types of ordering were found, depending on the Peclet number.
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van der Veer, J.M., van Opheusden, J.H.J., Jongschaap, R.J.J. (1990). Brownian Dynamics Simulation of Shear Thinning and Shear Induced Ordering in a Colloidal Suspension. In: Oliver, D.R. (eds) Third European Rheology Conference and Golden Jubilee Meeting of the British Society of Rheology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0781-2_166
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