Introduction to Rheology

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Prerequisite: CHE 3121. This course introduces the science of Rheology and its applications in chemical and petrochemical, food, pharmaceutical, and polymer industries. The concepts of Non-Newtonian behavior and continuous deformation are followed by discussions of viscosity and factors affecting viscosity of fluids, viscosity measurements and rheometers, shear diagrams, rehological equations of state, Bingham materials, shear thinning and shear thickening fluids, thicksotropy & time dependency, dilatent materials, viscoelastic materials, as well as various governing rheological and fluid flow equations and their applications. Industrial Applications are discussed via case studies of topics selected by students and presented to class.