Understanding Viscoelasticity An Introduction to Rheology /

• Main Author: Phan-Thien, Nhan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2013.
• Series: Graduate Texts in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Polymers.; Fluids.; Amorphous substances.; Complex fluids.; Continuum mechanics.; Materials science.; Fluid- and Aerodynamics.; Polymer Sciences.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics.; Materials Science, general.

This book presents an introduction to viscoelasticity; in particular, to the theories of dilute polymer solutions and dilute suspensions of rigid particles in viscous and incompressible fluids. These theories are important, not just because they apply to practical problems of industrial interest, bu...