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Rheology

Concepts, Methods, and Applications

  • 4th Edition - March 21, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Alexander Y. Malkin, Avraam I. Isayev
  • Language: English

Rheology: Concepts, Methods, and Applications, Fourth Edition provides a thorough historical and theoretical grounding in the field and introduces rheology as the method for solvi… Read more

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Description

Rheology: Concepts, Methods, and Applications, Fourth Edition provides a thorough historical and theoretical grounding in the field and introduces rheology as the method for solving many practical problems in materials science and engineering. This new edition has been updated to include new evidence-based methods and applications, coverage of non-Newtonian properties and their effect on material processing, heterogeneity in flow, rheology of highly concentrated emulsions and suspensions, viscosity and viscoelastic behavior of nanocomposites, the behavior of supramolecular solutions, rheology of gels, deformation-induced anisotropy, conformation changes during flow and molecular orientation.

The book is practical and relevant for industry, but also consistent with rheology courses in academia, making it relevant to both academics and accomplished rheologists in industry.

Key features

  • Includes updates on non-Newtonian properties and their effect on material processing, heterogeneity in flow, rheology of concentrated emulsions, suspensions, and more
  • Discusses viscosity and viscoelastic behavior of nanocomposites, the behavior of supramolecular solutions, rheology of gels, deformation-induced anisotropy, conformation changes during flow, and molecular orientation
  • Covers theory backed by practical examples, methods of measurement and raw data treatment, and various applications

Readership

Academic researchers and professional engineers and material scientists; Grad/upper level undergrad students;

Table of contents

Introduction. Rheology: Subject and Goals
1 Continuum Mechanics as a Foundation of Rheology

1.2 Deformations

1.3 Kinematics of deformations

1.4 Heterogeneity on flow

1.5 Summary − continuum mechanics in rheology

2 Viscoelasticity

2.1 Basic experiments

2.2 Relaxation and creep − spectral representation. Dynamic functions

2.3 Model interpretations

2.4 Superposition − The Boltzmann-Volterra Principle

2.5 Relationships among viscoelastic functions

2.6 Viscoelasticity and molecular models

2.7 Time-temperature superposition. Reduced (“master”) viscoelastic curves

2.8 Non-linear effects in viscoelasticity

3 Liquids

3.1 Newtonian and non-Newtonian liquids. Definitions

3.2 Non-Newtonian shear flow

3.3 Equations for viscosity and flow curves

3.4 Elasticity in shear flows

3.5 Structure rearrangements induced by shear flow

3.6 Limits of shear flow − instabilities

3.7 Extensional flow

3.8 Conclusions − real liquid is a complex liquid

4 Solids

4.1 Introduction and definitions

4.2 Linear elastic (Hookean) materials

4.3 Linear anisotropic solids

4.4 Large deformations in solids and non-linearity

4.5 Limits of elasticity

5 Rheometry Experimental Methods

5.1 Introduction − Classification of experimental methods

5.2 Capillary viscometry

5.3 Rotational rheometry

5.4 Plastometers

5.5 Method of falling sphere

5.6 Extension

5.7 Measurement of viscoelastic properties by dynamic (oscillation) methods

5.8 Physical methods

6 Applications of Rheology

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Rheological properties of real materials and their characterization

6.3 Rheokinetics (chemorheology) and rheokinetic liquids

6.4 Solution of dynamic problems
Notation
Solutions
Index

Product details

  • Edition: 4
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 21, 2022
  • Language: English

About the authors

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Alexander Y. Malkin

Prof. Dr. Alexander Yakovelich Malkin is the Principal Research Fellow at the Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. He has written five monographs and more than 100 papers in English, including three books on the subject of rheology. He has also taken part as an invited plenary or keynote speaker at numerous international conferences and meetings on rheology, polymer processing and physics.
Affiliations and expertise
Principal Research Fellow, Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

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Avraam I. Isayev

Prof. Dr. Avraam I. Isayev is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Polymer Engineering at the University of Akron, USA. He has been a member of the Society of Rheology since 1981, and a Senior Member of the Society of Plastics Engineers since 1984. His interests include polymer processing, rheology of polymers, and the injection, co-injection, transfer, compression and gas-assisted injection molding of polymers.
Affiliations and expertise
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Akron, USA

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