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Thixotropy versus viscoelasticity: a matter of time
Abstract
Thixotropic and viscoelastic materials both retain their deformation history and are difficult to distinguish. However, a stationary linear response obeys the Kramers-Kronig relations. A structure that evolves during a sweep renders the spectrum inconsistent with them, so the residual from one chirp and no model measures nonstationarity. It survives the small-amplitude limit, returns to its baseline at any stationary state, and, for bounded restructuring, peaks near the structural time. We verify this on eight models and demonstrate it on published spectra of a thixotropic silica suspension.
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BibTeX
@misc{more2026thixotropy,
title = {{Thixotropy versus viscoelasticity: a matter of time}},
author = {Rishabh V. More},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.13658},
eprint = {2609.13658},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.13658},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Thixotropy versus viscoelasticity: a matter of time
AU - Rishabh V. More
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/12
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.13658
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.13658
AB - Thixotropic and viscoelastic materials both retain their deformation history and are difficult to distinguish. However, a stationary linear response obeys the Kramers-Kronig relations. A structure that evolves during a sweep renders the spectrum inconsistent with them, so the residual from one chirp and no model measures nonstationarity. It survives the small-amplitude limit, returns to its baseline at any stationary state, and, for bounded restructuring, peaks near the structural time. We verify this on eight models and demonstrate it on published spectra of a thixotropic silica suspension.
ER -