Introduction to Applied Rheology

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Complex fluids encountered in manufacturing, commercial products, and in nature, such as polymer solutions and melts, blood and other biological fluids, foams, slurries and emulsions, exhibit complex flow behaviors called non-Newtonian because they are not exhibited by low-molecular-weight fluids like air and water. Rheology is the study of deformation and flow. Rheological phenomena, their connection to fluid microstructure, and the characterization of complex fluids using commercial instruments and constitutive equations are introduced. This foundation is applied to elements of materials processing including flow and heat transfer in tubes and in boundary layers, mixing, and the drag of liquid on particles. Specialized manufacturing methods such as extrusion and the pumps and mixers required for these fluids are covered.