This book demonstrates how understanding rheological behavior is crucial to process design and materials development for a wide variety of commercial and industrial applications. It provides comprehensive coverage of the fundamental principles and equations that govern the rheology of particulate dispersions and two-phase solid composites. The rheological properties of suspensions, emulsions, foams, and other dispersions appear alongside those of solid composites for the first time in this unique, single source.

From the Preface: “...Particulate dispersions form a large group of materials of industrial importance. Both aqueous and nonaqueous dispersions are encountered in industrial applications...Knowledge of the rheological properties of composites is required in the analysis and design of structures made from composite materials. Rheology also plays a vital role in the development of new composite materials that meet specific strength or stiffness requirements...This book covers a wide variety of dispersed systems with major emphasis on the exact rheological constitutive equations based on the fundamental laws of mechanics...”

Target Audience: Students, scientists, and technologists from a broad range of disciplines involved in the application, research, and development of composites and dispersed systems.

Table of Contents:

Introduction:

Applications of Particulate Dispersions and Composites

Brief Review of Mechanics of Fluids, Solids, and Interfaces

Bulk Stress in Particulate Dispersions and Composites

Rheology of Dispersions of Rigid Particles:

Dispersions of Rigid Spherical Particles

Dispersions of Rigid Nonspherical Particles

Dispersions of Rigid (Spherical and Nonspherical) Magnetic Particles

Rheology of Dispersions of Nonrigid Particles:

Dispersions of Soft (Deformable) Solid Particles

Dispersions of Liquid Droplets

Dispersions of Bubbles

Dispersions of Capsules

Dispersions of Core—Shell Particles

Rheology of Composites:

Particulate Composites

Fiber-Reinforced Composites

Linear Viscoelasticity of Particulate Dispersions and Composites:

Introduction to Linear Viscoelasticity

Dynamic Viscoelastic Behavior of Particulate Dispersions

Dynamic Viscoelastic Behavior of Composites

Appendices: Equations; Vector and Tensor Operations in Index Notation; Gauss Divergence Theorem; Symmetric Deviator of Fourth-Order Tensor

Index