Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

(Formerly numbered 260.) Lecture, four hours; outside study, eight hours. Study of principles of non-Newtonian fluid mechanics and rheology of polymeric liquids and dispersed systems. Emphasis on origins of viscoelasticity, physics of dilute and entangled polymers, and collection and interpretation of rheological data. Concurrently scheduled with course C160. Letter grading.