An asymmetry model for the highly viscous flow

Abstract

The shear flow is modeled in terms of local structural rearrangements. Most of these rearrangements are strongly asymmetric, because the embedding matrix tends to be elastically adapted to the initial state and to have a marked elastic misfit with regard to the final state. As one approaches the Maxwell time, the asymmetry becomes time-dependent, thus enabling the system to leave the initial state. The model explains the Kohlrausch behavior at the main peak in terms of the interaction between different local structural rearrangements.

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