Glass rheology: From mode-coupling theory to a dynamical yield criterion

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 Sep 8;106(36):15186-91. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0905330106. Epub 2009 Aug 14.

Abstract

The mode coupling theory (MCT) of glasses, while offering an incomplete description of glass transition physics, represents the only established route to first-principles prediction of rheological behavior in nonergodic materials such as colloidal glasses. However, the constitutive equations derivable from MCT are somewhat intractable, hindering their practical use and also their interpretation. Here, we present a schematic (single-mode) MCT model which incorporates the tensorial structure of the full theory. Using it, we calculate the dynamic yield surface for a large class of flows.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Mechanical Phenomena*
  • Models, Chemical*
  • Phase Transition*
  • Rheology / methods*