Industrial Rheology

3 credits · Graduate

This course deals with rheological principles of fluid materials employed in the food, mineral and chemical process industries. Rheometric techniques including co-axial, cone and plate, capillary and in-line rheometers are examined. The behaviour of flocculent and non-flocculent suspensions is discussed in light of present rheological theories. The viscoelastic properties of selected colloidal, polymer and biological systems will also be examined.