We conduct nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations to measure the shear stress, the average inherent structure energy, and the effective temperature $T_{ eff}$ of a sheared model glass as a function of bath temperature $T$ and shear strain rate. For $T$ above the glass transition temperature $T_0$, the rheology approaches a Newtonian limit and $T_{ eff}$ approaches $T$ as the strain rate approaches zero, while for $T<T_0$, the shear stress approaches a yield stress and $T_{ eff}$ approaches a limiting value near $T_0$. In the shear-dominated regime at high $T$, high strain rate or at low $T$, we find that the shear stress and the average inherent structure energy each collapse onto a single curve as a function of $T_{ eff}$. This indicates that $T_{ eff}$ is controlling behavior in this regime.
Categories: cond-mat.soft