The Flow of High Polymers - Continuum and Molecular Rheology

Middleman, S., 1968. The Flow of High Polymers: Continuum and Molecular Rheology. Interscience Publishers. This book covers the following: 1 Introduction - 1.1 The science of rheology - 1.2 The dynamic equations - 1.3 Response of a fluid - 1.4 The simple shear flow - 1.5 Simple elongation - References - 2 Experimental techniques - 2.1 Steady state flows - 2.2 Dynamic measurements - References - 3 Constitutive equations - Continuum theories - 3.1 General considerations of constitutive theories - 3.2 Special classes of constitutive equations - References - 4 Molecular theories of polymer rheology - 4.1 Molecular theories of polymer rheology - 4.1 The polymer molecule - 4.2 Viscosity in dilute solutions - 4.3 Non-Newtonian viscosity - 4.4 Dynamic viscosity - References - 5 Correlation and interrelation of material functions - 5.1 Viscosity at low shear rate - 5.2 Non-Newtonian viscosity - 5.3 Normal stress coefficients - 5.4 Relationship of steady shear to dynamic properties - 4.5 Stress relaxation - References - Appendix A Tensors - A.1 Cartesian tensors - A.2 Curvilinear coordinates - Appendix B Kinematics - B.1 Material vs Spatial coordinated - B.2 Deformation - B.3 Strain - Appendix C Monomer structural units of some common polymers - Author Index - Subject index

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