Microstructural rheology of complex fluids / L. Gary Leal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leal, L. Gary, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Complex fluids.

Rheology.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge University Press, 2026.

Summary:

"Providing a physical understanding of the viscoelastic flow behavior of complex fluids, as well as a theoretical framework to predict this behavior, this is a detailed reference for graduate students and researchers in fluid mechanics, especially those working in rheology, colloid science, and non-Newtonian fluid mechanics more generally"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Fundamentals of determining the constitutive equation for a complex fluid

Dilute suspensions of spherical particles

Dilute suspensions of rigid non-spherical Brownian particles (general formulation and near-spheres)

Dilute suspensions of rigid non-spherical Brownian particles (the role of particle shape on rheology)

Semi-dilute suspensions of elongated particles

Nematic liquid crystalline polymers

Emulsions without drop breakup or coalescence

The role of drop breakup and coalescence in emulsion rheology

Dilute suspensions of vesicles and capsules

Dilute solutions of flexible polymer molecules; the elastic dumbbell model

Constitutive models for entangled linear polymer solutions and melts

Constitutive models for entangled branched polymer solutions and melts

Flow-induced spatial inhomogeneities in complex fluids.

ISBN:

1-009-68843-X