Engineering Rheology (Oxford Engineering Science Series) - Softcover

Tanner, Roger I.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198561970 ISBN 13: 9780198561972

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1990

Synopsis

This book is an ideal guide for those who need to make predictions about the behavior of non-Newtonian fluids in engineering. It stresses kinematics: the notion that there is a great interplay between the microscopic variables relevant to non-Newtonian fluids and the stresses developed in a given large-scale kinematic field. The volume surveys some typical non-Newtonian behavior, including information on classical continuum mechanics. It also provides a description of the two main kinematic fields--shearing and extensional flows. A survey of continuum and molecular-based relations is given to help readers through more complex flows needing and constitutive relation.

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About the Author

Roger I. Tanner is at University of Sydney.

Review

"After an introductory survey of the field and a review of basic continuum mechanics, the difference between elongational and shear behavior are discussed. Two chapters, one based on a continuum approach and the other using microstructural approaches, lead to mathematical descriptions of materials for engineering applications. Lubrication and related shearing flows are discussed, as are fiber-spinning and film-blowing, as examples of nearly viscometric and nearly elongational flows. Other chapters deal with computational rheology, stability and turbulence, and temperature effects in flow. The second editions contains new material on wall slip, suspension rheology, and computational rheology, and new results in stability theory." -- Mechanical Engineering, Oct 2000

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0198561970
• ISBN 13: 9780198561972
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 474