Polymer and Composite Rheology (2^nd Ed.)

An analysis of polymer and composite rheology. This second edition covers flow properties of thermoplastic and thermoset polymers, and general principles and applications of all phases of polymer rheology, with new chapters on the rheology of particulate and fibre composites. It also includes new and expanded detail on polymer blends and emulsions, foams, reacting systems, and flow through porous media as well as composite processing operations.

Introduction to polymer rheology; instruments for shear rheology; shear viscosity of melts of flexible chain polymers; shear viscosity of polymer solutions; normal stress differences in polymers during shear flow; dynamic mechanical properties; extensional viscosity; rigid-rod and liquid-crystal polymer rheology; yield stress, wall slip, particle migration, and other observations with multiphase systems; solid-in-liquid suspensions; short-fibre suspensions; emulsions; gas-containing melts and foams; rheology of powders and granular materials; chemorheology and gelation; flow through porous media; melt fracture.

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Gupta, Rakesh K.