Quantification of the volume-fraction reduction of sheared fragile glass-forming liquids and its impact on rheology
arXiv:2402.02757 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.023181
Abstract
This study determines the volume-fraction reduction of sheared fragile glass-forming liquids. We consider a group of hypothetical systems that consist of particles with anisotropic particle-size modulations yet have almost the same average particle configuration as actual systems under shear flow. Our molecular dynamics (MD) simulations demonstrate that one specific hypothetical system can reproduce the relaxation dynamics of an actual sheared system, and we identify the shear-flow effect on the particle size with anisotropic size-modulation of this specific system. Then, based on the determination of the particle size and the resultant volume fraction, we rationalize how slight decreases in the volume fraction significantly reduce the viscosity snf provide a nonlinear constitutive equation. Notably, the obtained rheological predictions, including the crossover shear rate from Newtonian to non-Newtonian behavior, can be expressed only in terms of experimental observables, showing a good agreement with the MD simulation results. Our perspective on the volume fraction under shear flow may provide new insights into the conventional concept of free-volume.
14 pages, 8 figures
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