Par. | Units | Meaning | Range Initial Guess | Limiting Vals. | Optimal | μ: | σ: (±) |
σy0 | Pa | Yield stress | (−) | (−) | 11 | (−) | (−) |
η∞ | Pa sn1 | Infinite shear viscosity | (−) | (−) | 1.17 | (−) | (−) |
n1 | (−) | Power law η∞ | (−) | (−) | 1 | (−) | (−) |
G0 | Pa | Elastic Modulus | (−) | (−) | 450 | (−) | (−) |
m | (−) | Power law par. of γe evol. | (−) | (−) | −1.5 | (−) | (−) |
KST | Pa sn2 | Consistency par. | [9 - 11] | >0 | 10.75 | 9.23 | 1.890 |
n2 | (−) | Power law par. KST | [0.5 - 1] | [0.5 - 1] | 0.89 | 0.71 | 0.159 |
a | (−) | Power law par. shear break. | [1 - 2] | [1 - 2] | 1.29 | 1.18 | 0.254 |
d | (−) | Power law par. shear aggr. | [0.25 - 0.75] | [0.25 - 0.75] | 0.43 | 0.60 | 0.211 |
kBrown | s−1 | Char. time of Brownian mot. | [1e−3 - 1] | >0 | 0.10 | 0.23 | 0.111 |
tr1 (kbreak/kBrown) | sa | Char. time of λ breakdown | [1e−3 - 1] | >0 | 0.42 | 0.23 | 0.234 |
tr2 (kaggr/kBrown) | sd | Char. time of λ buildup | [1e−3 - 1] | >0 | 0.59 | 1.31 | 0.617 |
kG | s−1 | Char. time of G evol. | [1e−3 - 1] | >0 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.021 |