Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics (NORTH-HOLLAND SERIES IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS)

This volume is for use in technical universities, and for practising engineers who are involved with flow problems of non-Newtonian fluids. The treatment of the subject is based throughout on continuum mechanics model concepts and methods. Because in Non-Newtonian fluids the material properties operating depend critically on the kinematics of the flow, special attention is paid to the derivation and explanation of the adequate constitutive equations used. The book can be read without reference to other sources. It begins by considering some general principles of continuum mechanics, studies simple motions (steady and unsteady shear flows) and proceeds by degrees to kinematically more complex motions. Problems of various degrees of difficulty at the end of each chapter invite active participation by the reader. Numerous stimulating topics from the literature are considered in the book. Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv PREFACE , Pages v-vi LIST OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SYMBOLS , Pages x-xii 1 - PRINCIPLES OF CONTINUUM MECHANICS , Pages 1-43 2 - MATERIAL PROPERTIES OCCURRING IN STEADY SHEAR FLOWS , Pages 45-67 3 - PROCESSES THAT ARE CONTROLLED BY THE FLOW FUNCTION , Pages 69-140 4 - EFFECT OF NORMAL STRESS DIFFERENCES , Pages 141-160 5 - SIMPLE UNSTEADY FLOWS , Pages 161-211 6 - NEARLY VISCOMETRIC FLOWS , Pages 213-244 7 - EXTENSIONAL FLOWS , Pages 245-258 8 - SPECIAL RHEOLOGICAL LAWS , Pages 259-285 9 - SECONDARY FLOWS , Pages 287-334 Appendix - FORMULAS FOR SPECIAL CURVILINEAR COORDINATES , Pages 335-339 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS , Page 340 REFERENCES , Pages 341-343 INDEX , Pages 345-351