Fluid Mechanics of Viscoelasticity

By M. Mackley. 2000

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right. Fluid Mechanics of Viscoelasticity is a book of substance and written by authors who clearly have a firm grasp of the mathematical framework behind contemporary rheology. The book is not for the faint hearted and will be of genuine value to serious rheologists and applied mathematicians. The language used is that of a mathematician and as such it is the area of rheology fundamentals and current practice that this text will be of greatest value. The book is substantial and must represent a significant commitment of time on the part of the authors. This work is a “tour de force”. The first eighty pages are devoted to the kinematics of deformation. Here the language of tensor deformation is developed in a formal and impressive way. No stone appears to be unturned and providing the reader is conversant with both tensor and matrix notation, the first part of the ground work towards an understanding of constitutive response has been laid. The second chapter logically covers aspects relating to stress, momentum and energy. The subject is introduced through Reynolds transport theorem and subsequently, Stokes theorem is discussed in relation to fractal curves. The third chapter brings kinematics together with stress and yields constitutive equations for ìsimple fluidsî. Again this is done in a very formal way, although there are problems set after each sub section to help the reader access his or her understanding. In the fourth chapter the book moves on to consider micro-structural aspects of constitutive equation modelling. It starts with the modelling of dilute suspension polymers, then introduces entanglement concepts and finally considers aspects of suspension theory. All sections are well done and as with the rest of the book there are copious references. Chapters five and six take a somewhat more pragmatic view of rheology and explore the shape and form of certain constitutive equations to certain rheometric flows. The final chapter

Subfields: Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes

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