Advances In Rheology Theory

Rheology is the study of the flow of matter, primarily in the liquid state, but also as 'soft solids' or solids under flow conditions in which they respond with plastic flow rather than deforming elastically in response to the applied force. An understanding of the flow of matter underpins a diversity of technologies and industrial processing including polymer and food processing. It applies to substances which have a complex microstructure, such as concentrated solutions, suspensions, polymers and inorganic glass formers as well as biological materials which belong to the class of soft matter. Rheological measurements are seemingly straightforward to make, but require models to interpret the mechanical measurements in terms of the microscopic behaviour of the material. This boo draws these diverse strands of current rheological research in to a single volume which embraces theory, measurement and applications in topics as diverse as theory and electrospinning, coal ash slag and food processing, hydrogels and liquid crystal polymers, reaction injection moulding and microreheology.There is a strong focus on the emerging topics in rheology and its application to complex soft matter especially in the field of food science and technology. The sixteen chapters in the volume present unpublished research work across these topics from leading authorities in the relevant field. The volume has a strong international representation with the selected authors drawn from some ten countries in Europe, South America and the rest of the world. Each chapter contains a comprehensive bibliography of related work. The book provides a fascinating snap shot across the current developments in rheology.

This book provides updates for a broad range of applications based on recently developed relationships between suspension mechanics and interparticle interactions, particle-particle contact, suspending medium rheology, flow regime, and solute mixing rates. It provides a base understanding of colloidal hard sphere rheology as a foundation for the remaining chapters. It concludes with an explanation of the intimate connection between the rheology of a suspension and its solute mass transfer characteristics. Recent Advances in Rheology: Theory, Biorheology, Suspension, and Interfacial Rheology is written by top scientists in the field and: -- Provides in-depth and state-of-the-art coverage of this specialized topic -- Updates the field of rheology as applied to medical, polymer, food, cosmetics, coating, surfactant, petroleum extraction, and processing applications -- Includes updates on suspension and interfacial rheology Suitable for physicists, applied mathematicians, physical chemists, and engineers in academia and industry, this book is an important and timely resource.

"Advances in Rheology Research has been divided into fourteen chapters. The renowned authors of this volume discuss current advances in rheology research for different application fields, covering theoretical and experimental scientific contributions. The fourteen chapters include discussions on a wide range of outstanding rheological issues such as rheology and 3D printing; rheological characterization of injection grouts using rotational rheometry; analysis of rheological properties of 100% liquid CO2 based gel fracturing fluid; rheology applied to food product design; miscibility and viscoelastic properties of poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) blends; rheology of honey; unusual nonlinear rheological behavior of branched polymers: multiple overshoots in stress growth, experiments and theory; viscosity and viscoelasticity of baby foods; rheology as an instrument for food development; using the Laplace transform in rheology kinetic modeling; design of vibration absorbers using the rheological properties of viscoelastic materials; a viscoelastic fluid due to a non-linear accelerating elastic sheet; an MHD boundary layer viscoelastic fluid flow over a stretching sheet in a porous medium; and thermal radiation effect on fully developed laminar mixed convection flow in a vertical porous stratum by using a differential transform method. All of the above chapters are intended to contribute the improvement understanding of the rheological characterization and performance in numerous application fields from the food to the non-food industries"--

This book provides updates for a broad range of applications based on recently developed relationships between suspension mechanics and interparticle interactions, particle-particle contact, suspending medium rheology, flow regime, and solute mixing rates. It provides a base understanding of colloidal hard sphere rheology as a foundation for the remaining chapters. It concludes with an explanation of the intimate connection between the rheology of a suspension and its solute mass transfer characteristics. Recent Advances in Rheology: Theory, Biorheology, Suspension, and Interfacial Rheology is written by top scientists in the field and: -- Provides in-depth and state-of-the-art coverage of this specialized topic -- Updates the field of rheology as applied to medical, polymer, food, cosmetics, coating, surfactant, petroleum extraction, and processing applications -- Includes updates on suspension and interfacial rheology Suitable for physicists, applied mathematicians, physical chemists, and engineers in academia and industry, this book is an important and timely resource.

Rheology is the study of the flow of matter, primarily in the liquid state, but also as 'soft solids' or solids under flow conditions in which they respond with plastic flow rather than deforming elastically in response to the applied force. An understanding of the flow of matter underpins a diversity of technologies and industrial processing including polymer and food processing. It applies to substances which have a complex microstructure, such as concentrated solutions, suspensions, polymers and inorganic glass formers as well as biological materials which belong to the class of soft matter. Rheological measurements are seemingly straightforward to make, but require models to interpret the mechanical measurements in terms of the microscopic behaviour of the material.. "Rheology: Theory, Properties and Practical Applications" draws these diverse strands of current rheological research in to a single volume which embraces theory, measurement and applications in topics as diverse as theory and electrospinning, coal ash slag and food processing, hydrogels and liquid crystal polymers, reaction injection moulding and microreheology. There is a strong focus on the emerging topics in rheology and its application to complex soft matter especially in the field of food science and technology. The sixteen chapters in the volume present unpublished research work across these topics from leading authorities in the relevant field. The volume has a strong international representation with the selected authors drawn from some ten countries in Europe, South America and the rest of the world. Each chapter contains a comprehensive bibliography of related work. "Rheology: Theory, Properties and Practical Applications" provides a fascinating snap shot across the current developments in rheology.