Polymer Rheology
Fundamentals and Applications
- 1st Edition - November 25, 2014
- Imprint: Hanser
- Authors: Natalie Rudolph, Tim A. Osswald
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 5 6 9 9 0 - 5 1 7 - 3
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 5 6 9 9 0 - 5 2 3 - 4
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 st… Read more
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Request a sales quoteRheology 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.
One of the tasks of rheology is to empirically establish the relationships between deformations and stresses, respectively their derivatives by adequate measurements. These experimental techniques are known as rheometry and are concerned with the determination with well-defined rheological material functions. Such relationships are then amenable to mathematical treatment by the established methods of continuum mechanics.
In this book, rheology--the study of the deformation and flow of matter--deals primarily with 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.
Introductory undergraduate level book; also to be used in industry and by someone entering the field of polymer rheology
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 25, 2014
- Imprint: Hanser
- No. of pages: 275
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9781569905173
- eBook ISBN: 9781569905234
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Natalie Rudolph
Dr.-Ing. Natalie Rudolph is Business Field Manager Polymer at NETZSCH. She was previously Director of R&D in Composites at AREVO, Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering, and Team Leader at the Fraunhofer Institute ICT, Germany
Affiliations and expertise
Dr.-Ing. Natalie Rudolph is Business Field Manager Polymer at NETZSCH.TO
Tim A. Osswald
Tim A. Osswald, Ph.D., 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 the author of many books and book chapters, as well as over 100 papers in the field of plastics technology.
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