Resumen: The rheological behavior of suspensions involving interacting (functionalized) rods remains nowadays incompletely understood, in particular with regard to the evolution of the elastic modulus with the applied frequency in small-amplitude oscillatory flows. In a previous work, we addressed this issue by assuming a fractional diffusion mechanism, however the approach followed was purely phenomenological. The present work revisits the topic from a physical viewpoint, with the aim of justifying the fractional nature of diffusion. After accomplishing this first objective, we explore by means of numerical experiments the consequences of the proposed fractional modeling approach in linear and non-linear rheology. Idioma: Inglés DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2017.06.009 Año: 2017 Publicado en: APPLIED MATHEMATICAL MODELLING 51 (2017), 58-67 ISSN: 0307-904X Factor impacto JCR: 2.617 (2017) Categ. JCR: MECHANICS rank: 25 / 134 = 0.187 (2017) - Q1 - T1 Categ. JCR: MATHEMATICS, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS rank: 15 / 103 = 0.146 (2017) - Q1 - T1 Categ. JCR: ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY rank: 18 / 86 = 0.209 (2017) - Q1 - T1 Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.876 - Modeling and Simulation (Q1) - Applied Mathematics (Q2)