Rheology

List of Contributors

Preface

Contents of Previous Volumes


1. Viscosity and Molecular Structure

I. Purpose and Scope

II. Molecular Motions in Liquids

III. A Recent Advance in the Theory of Transport Phenomena

IV. Semiempirical Correlation Schemes of Viscosity-Temperature—Pressure Relations

V. Effect of Molecular Structure on Viscosity of Nonassociated Liquids

VI. Effect of Association (Hydrogen Bonding)

VII. Viscosity of Mixtures and Solutions

VIII. Comparison with Previous Work

IX. Conclusions

Nomenclature


2. The Microrheology of Dispersions

I. Scope

II. Rotation of Rigid Spheroids in Shear Flow

III. Stresses on Particles in Laminar Shear

IV. Particle Motions in Nonuniform Shear Fields

V. The Kinetics of Flowing Dispersions

VI. Applications to Suspension Viscosity

VII. Inertial Effects

VIII. Applications to Hemorheology

Nomenclature


3. High-Shear Viscometry

I. Introduction

II. Analysis of Flow Behavior at High Shear Rates

III. High-Shear Viscometry Data

IV. Instrumentation in High-Shear Viscometry

V. Structural Turbulence

VI. Polymer Degradation Under High-Shear Conditions

Nomenclature


4. Rheological Aspects of the Mixing of Plastics Compounds

I. Introduction

II. Definition of a Mixture

III. Laminar-Flow Mixing Theory

IV. Experimental Evaluation of Laminar-Flow Mixing Theory

V. Mixers in the Plastics Industry

VI. Dispersive Mixing

VII. Conclusion

Nomenclature


5. The Rheology of Liquid Crystals

I. Introduction

II. The Nematic Mesophase and Systems of Rods

III. The Cholesteric Mesophase

IV. The Smectic Mesophase and Soap Systems

V. Discussion


6. Nonlinear Steady-Flow Behavior

I. Introduction

II. General Theory

III. Specific Viscometric Flows: Theory and Experiment

IV. Normal Stress Functions

V. Nonviscometric Flows

VI. Appendix

Nomenclature


7. Some Quantitative Considerations About Spinning

I. Introduction

II. Melt Spinning

III. Comparison with Experiment

IV. Conclusion

Nomenclature


8. Thixotropy and Dilatancy

I. Introduction

II. Measurements of Thixotropy and Dilatancy

III. Occurrence of Thixotropy and Dilatancy

IV. Origin of Thixotropy and Dilatancy

Appendix I. Thixotropic Systems

Appendix II. Dilatant Systems


9. Rheological Terminology

I. Introduction

II. Discussion of Some Individual Definitions

III. Dictionary

IV. Symbols

Sources

Author Index

Subject Index