Shear and extensional flows. Elementary theories of non-linear viscoelastic behavior. Isotrophy, objectivity, frame-indifference. Shear and extensional rheometry. An advanced treatment of the thermodynamics of pure and multicomponent systems.
Topics range from classical thermodynamics to a discussion of modern developments.
Existence and uniqueness of solutions for linear equations. Numerical solution of linear equations. Gauss elimination, band matrices, finite differences. Inner products, norms, orthogonality. A course which covers various special topics in chemical engineering.