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Rheology of Complex Fluids

  • Discusses how to understand multicomponent-multiphase systems of which most of complex fluids are examples
  • Covers a wide variety of application areas from polymers, emulsions to biological systems
  • Introduces active fluids and their rheology, with chemical energy generation
  • Involves multidisciplinary tools, the book proposes to bring together contributors from different backgrounds
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Background

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Non-Newtonian Fluids: An Introduction

      • Rajendra P. Chhabra
      Pages 3-34
    3. Fundamentals of Rheology

      • V. Kumaran
      Pages 35-65
    4. Mechanics of Liquid Mixtures

      • Kumbakonam Ramamani Rajagopal
      Pages 67-84
  3. Rheology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
    2. PIV Techniques in Experimental Measurement of Two Phase (Gas-Liquid) Systems

      • Basheer Ashraf Ali, Subramaniam Pushpavanam
      Pages 111-129
    3. An Introduction to Hydrodynamic Stability

      • Anubhab Roy, Rama Govindarajan
      Pages 131-147
  4. Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
    2. Polymer Rheology

      • P. Sunthar
      Pages 171-191
    3. Active Matter

      • Gautam I. Menon
      Pages 193-218
    4. Mathematical Modelling of Granular Materials

      • Mehrdad Massoudi
      Pages 219-245
  5. Back Matter

    Pages 247-257

About this book

The aim of the School on Rheology of Complex fluids is to bring together young researchers and teachers from educational and R&D institutions, and expose them to the basic concepts and research techniques used in the study of rheological behavior of complex fluids. The lectures will be delivered by well-recognized experts. The book contents will be based on the lecture notes of the school.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India

    J. Murali Krishnan

  • Dept. Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India

    Abhijit P. Deshpande

  • Dept. Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, India

    P. B. Sunil Kumar

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Rheology of Complex Fluids

  • Editors: J. Murali Krishnan, Abhijit P. Deshpande, P. B. Sunil Kumar

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6494-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media LLC 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-6493-9

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-9727-2

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-6494-6

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 258

  • Topics: Engineering Fluid Dynamics, Polymer Sciences, Complexity

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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