L'amincissement par cisaillement, ou pseudoplasticité, est un non newtonien comportement où un fluide viscosité decreases with an increasing rate of contrainte de cisaillement. Many common substances, like ketchup or paint, exhibit this property. At rest, they are thick, but they flow more easily when shaken, stirred, or spread. This is often modeled by the Ostwald–de Waele power-law relationship.











