Stress localization, stiffening, and yielding in a model colloidal gel

Journal of Rheology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1089-1116

  Colombo, Jader ^a   Del Gado, Emanuela ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION;

COLLOIDAL GELS; ELASTIC REGIME; NETWORK CHAINS; NETWORK CONNECTION; SPATIAL IN-HOMOGENEITY; STRESS LOCALIZATION; STRONG LOCALIZATIONS; VELOCITY PROFILES;

COMPLEX NETWORKS;

EID: 84906687122     PISSN: 01486055     EISSN: 15208516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1122/1.4882021     Document Type: Article

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