Strain-rate frequency superposition in large-amplitude oscillatory shear

TitleStrain-rate frequency superposition in large-amplitude oscillatory shear
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2010
AuthorsKalelkar, C, Lele, AK, Kamble, S
JournalPhysical Review E
Volume81
Issue3
Pagination031401
Date PublishedMAR
ISSN1539-3755
Abstract

In a recent work, Wyss et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 238303 (2007)] have noted a property of ``soft solids'' under oscillatory shear, the so-called strain-rate frequency superposition. We extend this study to the case of soft solids under large-amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS). We show results from LAOS studies in a mono-disperse hydrogel suspension, an aqueous gel, and a biopolymer suspension and show that constant strain-rate frequency sweep measurements with soft solids can be superimposed onto master curves for higher harmonic moduli with the same shift factors as for the linear viscoelastic moduli. We show that the behavior of higher harmonic moduli at low frequencies in constant strain- rate frequency sweep measurements is similar to that at large strain amplitude in strain- amplitude sweep tests. We show surface plots of the harmonic moduli and the energy dissipation rate per unit volume in LAOS for soft solids and show experimentally that the energy dissipated per unit volume depends on the first harmonic loss modulus alone, in both the linear and the nonlinear viscoelastic regime.

DOI10.1103/PhysRevE.81.031401
Type of Journal (Indian or Foreign)Foreign
Impact Factor (IF)2.352
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Polymer Science & Engineering