Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids, Volume 1

This two-volume work is detailed enough to serve as a text and comprehensive enough to stand as a reference. Volume 1, Fluid Mechanics, summarizes the key experiments that show how polymeric fluids differ from structurally simple fluids, then presents, in rough historical order, various methods for solving polymer fluid dynamics problems. Volume 2, Kinetic Theory, uses molecular models and the methods of statistical mechanics to obtain relations between bulk flow behavior and polymer structure. Includes end-of-chapter problems and extensive appendixes.

R. Byron Bird is Vilas Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a coauthor of Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids, 2nd Edition, Volume 2 (Wiley 1987), Molecular Theory of Gases and Liquids, (Wiley, 1954), Transport Phenomena, (Wiley, 1960), and several other books. He received his BS in chemical engineering at the University of Illinois in 1947, and his PhD in physical chemistry at the University of Wisconsin in 1950.

Robert C. Armstrong is Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a coauthor of Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids, 2nd Edition, Volume 2 (Wiley, 1987). He received his BChE at Georgia Institute of Technology in 1970 and his PhD at the University of Wisconsin in 1973.

Ole Hassager is Lektor at the Danmarks tekniske Hjskole in Lyngby, Denmark. He is a coauthor of Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids, 2nd Edition, Volume 2 (Wiley, 1987). He received his MSc in chemical engineering at the Danmarks tekniske H?jskole in 1970 and his PhD in chemical engineering at the University of Wisconsin in 1973.