Polymer Rheology: Fundamentals and Applications - Hardcover

Osswald, Tim A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1569905177 ISBN 13: 9781569905173

Publisher: Hanser Publications, 2015

Synopsis

Rheology unites the seemingly unrelated fields of plasticity and non-Newtonian fluids by recognizing that both these types of materials are unable to support a shear stress in static equilibrium. In this sense, a plastic solid is a fluid. Granular rheology refers to the continuum mechanical description of granular materials.

In this book, rheology―the study of the deformation and flow of matter―is treated primarily in the context of the stresses generated during the flow of complex materials such as polymers, colloids, foams, and gels. A rapidly growing and industrially important field, it plays a significant role in polymer processing, food processing, coating and printing, and many other manufacturing processes.

About this title

About the Author:

Natalie Rudolph is Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering. She was previously Team Leader at the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Germany, and Chief Engineer at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Tim A. Osswald is Kuo and Cindy F. Wang Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering and Honorary Professor of Plastics Technology at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the National University of Colombia. He is author of many books and book chapters, as well as over 100 papers in the field of plastics technology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hanser Publications
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1569905177
• ISBN 13: 9781569905173
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 225