Abstract

We study response and velocity autocorrelation functions for a tagged particle in a shear driven suspension governed by underdamped stochastic dynamics. We follow the idea of an effective confinement in dense suspensions and exploit a time scale separation between particle reorganization and vibrational motion. This allows us to approximately derive the fluctuation-dissipation theorem in a "hybrid" form involving the kinetic temperature as an effective temperature and an additive correction term. We show numerically that even in a moderately dense suspension the latter is negligible. We discuss similarities and differences with a simple toy model, a single trapped particle in shear flow.

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Authors

Lander B, Seifert U, Speck T

Institution

II. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, DE-70550 Stuttgart, Germany.

Source

Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics 85:2 Pt 1 2012 Feb pg 021103

MeSH

Computer Simulation
Energy Transfer
Models, Chemical
Rheology
Shear Strength
Suspensions

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

Language

eng

PubMed ID

22463149