Rheometry of Pastes Suspensions and Granular Materials is a comprehensive examination of rheometry theory and its practical applications.

Features:

• General schematic classification of the behavior of pastes,suspensions, and granular materials
• Systematic review, analysis, and quantification of experimental problems with complex fluids
• Insight into the flow behavior of complex fluids gained through the most recent discoveries and research techniques
• Comprehensive rheometrical analysis of data obtained from research across a broad range of industries

Contents

Material Mechanics

• Continuum Mechanics
• Constitutive Equation
• Viscometric Flows

Rheopysics of Pastes and Granular Materials

• Interactions between Material Elements
• Rheology of Soft Jammed Systems (Pastes)
• Rheology of Granular Materials
• Rheology of Granular Pastes

Experimental Procedures and Problems in Paste Viscometry

• Experimental Procedures
• Wall Slip
• Shear Localization
• Surface Tension Effects
• Drying
• Phase Separation
• Cracking
• Temperature Effects
• Inertia Effects and Turbulence

Local Rheometry

• Techniques for Measuring the Velocity Field in Fluids
• Rheological Interpretation of Velocity Profiles
• Velocity Profile Reconstruction From Rheometry
• Specific Behavior Types
• Wall Slip Effect
• Inclined Plane Flow

Nonviscometric Flows of Yield Stress Fluids

• Displacement of an Object Through a Yield Stress Fluid
• Squeeze or Stretch Flows
• Spreading or Coating Flows

Granular Flows in Frictional Regime

• Viscometric Flows
• Free Surface Flows
• Conduit Flows
• Compression Flows
• Displacement of an Object
• Free Surface Flow of a Granular Paste

Practical Rheometrical Techniques

• Tests Involving Displacement of an Object through Fluid
• Tests Involving Squeeze Flows
• Tests Involving Spreading or Coating Flows
• Tests Involving Conduit Flows
• Practical Tests for Granular Materials
• Study of Thixotropy using Practical Rheometrical Tests
• Applications to Industrial and Environmental Materials

Index

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