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Rheology and Non-Newtonian Fluids

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  • Brief but thorough introduction to the fascinating subject of non-Newtonian fluids
  • Includes the modeling of fluid-like materials as non-Newtonian fluids
  • Contains many problems to be used in a graduate course
  • Solutions to the problems are ready for instructors
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. Classification of Fluids

    • Fridtjov Irgens
    Pages 1-16
  3. Flow Phenomena

    • Fridtjov Irgens
    Pages 17-23
  4. Basic Equations in Fluid Mechanics

    • Fridtjov Irgens
    Pages 25-61
  5. Deformation Kinematics

    • Fridtjov Irgens
    Pages 63-89
  6. Material Functions

    • Fridtjov Irgens
    Pages 91-111
  7. Generalized Newtonian Fluids

    • Fridtjov Irgens
    Pages 113-124
  8. Linearly Viscoelastic Fluids

    • Fridtjov Irgens
    Pages 125-141
  9. Advanced Fluid Models

    • Fridtjov Irgens
    Pages 143-167
  10. Back Matter

    Pages 169-190

About this book

This book gives a brief but thorough introduction to the fascinating subject of non-Newtonian fluids, their behavior and mechanical properties. After a brief introduction of what characterizes non-Newtonian fluids in Chapter 1 some phenomena characteristic of non-Newtonian fluids are presented in Chapter 2. The basic equations in fluid mechanics are discussed in Chapter 3. Deformation kinematics, the kinematics of shear flows, viscometric flows, and extensional flows are the topics in Chapter 4. Material functions characterizing the behavior of fluids in special flows are defined in Chapter 5. Generalized Newtonian fluids are the most common types of non-Newtonian fluids and are the subject in Chapter 6. Some linearly viscoelastic fluid models are presented in Chapter 7. In Chapter 8 the concept of tensors is utilized and advanced fluid models are introduced. The book is concluded with a variety of 26 problems. Solutions to the problems are ready for instructors

Reviews

From the book reviews:

“The book is based on a compendium of lecture notes. … The book gives a good overview on mostly used models of non-Newtonian fluids and can be used as an introduction into this field. It can be recommended.” (Bernd Platzer, Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, Vol. 94 (11), 2014)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Structural Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

    Fridtjov Irgens

About the author

The author is Professor emeritus at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) since 2005. His major field is Continuum Mechanics.

He obtained a M.Sc degree in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Iowa State University in 1960, on leave from NTNU, and completed the degree in Civil Engineering, majoring in Structural Engineering at NTNU in 1960. He started his academic carrier as Assistant and Associate Professor in Mechanics at NTNU in 1963 and was appointed Professor in Solid Mechanics in 2003 at NTNU.

He has been visiting Professor at University of Connecticut and University of Colorado.

The author has been involved in a variety of projects in which fluids and fluid-like materials have been modeled as non-Newtonian fluids, such as avalanching snow, granular materials in landslides, extrusion of aluminium, modeling of biomaterials as bone, modeling of viscoplastic modeling of paper in simulation of the calendaring process. He is author or coauthor of 26 papers and 11 conference presentations in Mechanics and Biomechanics.

He has published the following textbooks in the Norwegian language: Statics 7 editions, Strength of Materials 7 editions, Dynamics 4 editions, Continuum Mechanics, and Tensor Analysis. In 2008 his book Continuum Mechanics was published by Springer Verlag.

At NTNU the author has lectured on elementary and advanced topic in the whole field of theoretical and applied mechanics: Engineering Mechanic, Dynamics, Fluid Mechanics, Biomechanics,  Rheology, Continuum Mechanics and Tensor Analysis. For NTNU he has developed new courses in Continuum Mechanics, Tensor Analysis, Rheology and Non-Newtonian Fluids, and Biomechanics.

Professor Irgens has been major adviser to 9 Ph. D. students and member in 11 Adjudication committees at NTNU, University of Oslo, and Lund University, Sweden.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Rheology and Non-Newtonian Fluids

  • Authors: Fridtjov Irgens

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01053-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-01052-6Published: 06 August 2013

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37654-7Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-01053-3Published: 25 July 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 190

  • Number of Illustrations: 38 b/w illustrations, 65 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Engineering Fluid Dynamics, Fluid- and Aerodynamics, Characterization and Evaluation of Materials, Solid Mechanics

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eBook USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
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Softcover Book USD 69.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 99.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
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