Rheology of Complex Fluids
Rheology of Complex Fluids Abhijit P. Deshpande, J. Murali Krishnan, P. B. Sunil Kumar This book provides an in-depth treatment of complex fluids. A clear understanding of the flow and rheological behavior of such fluids is crucial while carrying out the
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Abhijit P. Deshpande P. B. Sunil Kumar
J. Murali Krishnan
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Rheology of Complex Fluids
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Editors Abhijit P. Deshpande Indian Institute of Technology Madras Department of Chemical Engineering Chennai 600036 India [email protected]
P. B. Sunil Kumar Indian Institute of Technology Madras Department of Physics Chennai 600036 India [email protected]
J. Murali Krishnan Indian Institute of Technology Madras Department of Civil Engineering Chennai 600036 India [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4419-6493-9 e-ISBN 978-1-4419-6494-6 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-6494-6 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2010936020 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
In complex fluids, the atoms and molecules are organized in a hierarchy of structures from nanoscopic to mesoscopic scales, which in turn make up the bulk material. Consideration of these intermediate scales of organization is essential to understand the behaviour of the complex fluids. These fluids, an important part of what is generally called soft matter, have very complex rheological responses. Many industrial substances encountered in chemical, personal care, food and other processing industries, such as suspensions, colloidal dispersions, emulsions, powders, foams, polymeric liquids and gels, exhibit this complex behaviour. In addition, understanding the behaviour of these complex fluids is also very important in biological systems. The area of complex fluids and soft matter has been evolving with rapid advances in experimental and computational techniques. The main aim of this book is to introduce these advanced techniques, after a review of fundamental aspects. Since a study of complex fluids involves multidisciplinary tools, contributors with different backgrounds have contributed chapters to this book. The chapters in this book are based on lectures delivered in the School on Rheology of Complex Fluids, held at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai during January 4–9, 2010. This school is a part of such series, earlier held at different institutions over the last decade in India. The aim of these schools has been to bring together young researchers and teachers from educat
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