Understanding Viscoelasticity
Subtitle: Basics of Rheology
By: by Nhan Phan-Thien
Series: Advanced Texts in Physics; Advanced Texts in Physics
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9783642077791; 9783662107041
Subjects: Engineering; Physics
Description: Viscoelasticity (or rheology) is a highly mathematical subject, interfacing several disciplines, from applied mathematics to mechanics and engineering. Other books on rheology are usually comprehensive to such a degree that students find it hard to isolate the important physical principles and develop good analytical skills for solving useful engineering problems. In this book, the necessary background for understanding viscoelasticity is covered; both the continuum and microstructure approaches to modelling viscoelastic materials are discussed, since neither approach alone is sufficient. The book starts with tensor notation, to give students the basic working tools, then addresses kinematics and constitutive equations, and ends with the constitutive modelling of polymer solutions and suspensions. It also includes a series of problems of graded difficulty. It is self-contained and ideally suited for a one-semester course on viscoelasticity.
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Table of contents: title: Tensor Notation; title: Rheological Properties; title: Kinematics and Equations of Balance; title: Constructive Equations; title: Inelastic Models and Linear Viscoelasticity; title: Steady Viscometric Flows; title: Polymer Solutions; title: Suspensions.