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Macromolecular Hydrodynamics

3-0-6 units · Graduate

See description under subject 2.341[J] .

Spring 2016

Topics

  • Funny Flow Phenomena
  • Review of Classical Hydrodynamics
  • Equations of Change
  • Material Functions I
  • Material Functions II: Linear Viscoelasticity
  • Material Functions III: Extensional Flows
  • Generalized Newtonian Fluids
  • Generalized Newtonian Fluids (Continued)
  • Linear Viscoelasticity: The Basics
  • Linear Viscoelasticity II
  • Experimental Methods for LVE Time-Temperature Superposition (TTS)
  • Polymer Physics: Dilute Solutions (Rouse/Zimm Theories)
  • Polymer Physics: Reptation of Entangled Melts & Rubbery Materials
  • Ordered Fluid Expansions
  • Ordered Fluid Expansions: Special Cases and Rheometry
  • Differential Constitutive Models
  • Differential Constitutive Models (Continued)
  • Integral Constitutive Models
  • Integral Constitutive Models (Continued)
  • Gels and Gel Rheology I
  • Gels and Gel Rheology II
  • Suspension Rheology I
  • Suspension Rheology II
  • In Class Project Presentations
  • Last Day: In Class Project Presentations

Readings

  • The text for the course is Bird, R. B., R. C. Armstrong, and O. Hassager. Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids, Volume 1. Fluid Mechanics . 2nd ed. Wiley-Interscience, 1987. ISBN: 9780471802457. Do NOT buy the first edition—it is substantially different.
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  • Rubinstein, M., and R. Colby. Polymer Physics. Oxford University Press, 2003. ISBN: 9780198520597. This book is more molecularly-focused on chain dynamics, scaling etc. and less on flow problems.
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  • Macosko, C. W. Rheology: Principles, Measurements, and Applications . Wiley-VCH, 1994. ISBN: 9780471185758.
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  • Bird, R. B., R. C. Armstrong, and O. Hassager. Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids, Volume. 2. Kinetic Theory . 2nd ed. Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated, 1987.
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  • Larson, R. G. Constitutive Equations for Polymer Melts and Solutions: Butterworths Series in Chemical Engineering . Butterworth-Heinemann, 2013. ISBN: 9781483130446.
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  • ———. The Structure and Rheology of Complex Fluids, Topics in Chemical Engineering . Oxford University Press, 1999.
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  • Morrison, F. Understanding Rheology . Oxford University Press, 2001. ISBN: 9780195141665.
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  • Doi, M., and S. F. Edwards. The Theory of Polymer Dynamics . Oxford University Press, 1986. ISBN: 9780198519768.
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  • Graessley, W. W. Polymeric Liquids & Networks: Dynamics and Rheology . Garland Science, 2008. ISBN: 9780815341710.
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  • Tanner, R. I. Engineering Rheology (Oxford Engineering Science Series) . 2nd ed. Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN: 9780198564737.
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  • Walters, K. Rheometry . Chapman and Hall, 1975. ISBN: 9780412120909.
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  • Probstein, R. F. Physicochemical Hydrodynamics: An Introduction . 2nd ed. Wiley-Interscience, 1994. ISBN: 9780471010111.
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  • Ferry, J. D. Viscoelastic Properties of Polymers . 3rd ed. Wiley, 1980. ISBN: 9780471048947. [Preview with Google Books ] ↗
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Prerequisites & course information

Same subject as 2.341[J] Prereq: 2.25 , 10.301 , or permission of instructor G (Spring) 3-0-6 units

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