Rheology and Non-Newtonian Fluids

• Main Author: Irgens, Fridtjov (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Fluids.; Continuum mechanics.; Fluid mechanics.; Materials science.; Engineering Fluid Dynamics.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.

This book gives a brief but thorough introduction to the fascinating subject of non-Newtonian fluids, their behavior and mechanical properties. After a brief introduction of what characterizes non-Newtonian fluids in Chapter 1 some phenomena characteristic of non-Newtonian fluids are presented in Ch...