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Record Nr.

UNINA9910438109703321

Autore

Phan-Thien Nhan

Titolo

Understanding Viscoelasticity : An Introduction to Rheology / / by Nhan Phan-Thien

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

3-642-32958-6

Edizione

[2nd ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Collana

Graduate Texts in Physics, , 1868-4513

Disciplina

620.11232

Soggetti

Fluids

Polymers

Mechanics

Mechanics, Applied

Amorphous substances

Complex fluids

Materials science

Fluid- and Aerodynamics

Polymer Sciences

Solid Mechanics

Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics

Materials Science, general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Tensor Notation -- Rheological Properties  -- Kinematics and Equations of Balance -- Constitutive Equation -- Inelastic Models and Linear Viscoelasticity -- Steady Viscometric Flows -- Polymer Solutions -- Suspensions -- DPD -- Problems.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents an introduction to viscoelasticity; in particular, to the theories of dilute polymer solutions and dilute suspensions of rigid particles in viscous and incompressible fluids. These theories are important, not just because they apply to practical problems of industrial interest, but because they form a solid theoretical base upon which mathematical techniques can be built, from which more complex



theories can be constructed, to better mimic material behaviour. The emphasis is not on the voluminous current topical research, but on the necessary tools to understand viscoelasticity at a first year graduate level. The main aim is to provide a still compact book, sufficient at the level of first year graduate course for those who wish to understand viscoelasticity and to embark in modeling of viscoelastic multiphase fluids. To this end, a new chapter on Dissipative Particle Dynamics (DPD) was introduced which is relevant to model complex-structured fluids. All the basic ideas in DPD are reviewed, with some sample problems to illustrate the methodology.