Constitutive equations for polymer melts and solutions /

Constitutive Equations for Polymer Melts and Solutions.

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Main Authors: Larson, Ronald G
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Published: Butterworths,
Publisher Address: Boston :
Publication Dates: [1988]
©1988
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Butterworths series in chemical engineering
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780409901191
Summary: Constitutive Equations for Polymer Melts and Solutions.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xvi, 364 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN: 9781483162867
1483162869
Index Number: QD381
CLC: O631
Contents: Front Cover; Constitutive Equations for Polymer Melts and Solutions; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; 10.6 Viscous Flow of Nemxtics; PREFACE; CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION TO CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS FOR VISCOELASTIC FLUIDS; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Viscoelastic Flow Phenomena; 1.3 Viscoelastic Measurements; 1.4 Deformation Gradient, Velocity Gradient, and Stress; 1.5 Relating Deformation and Stress; 1.6 A Simple Viscoelastic Constitutive Equation; 1.7 Summary; CHAPTER 2. CLASSICAL MOLECULAR MODELS; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Equilibrium State; 2.3 The Stress Tensor
2.4 Rubber Elasticity Theory2.5 The Temporary Network Model; 2.6 The Elastic Dumbbell Model; 2.7 The Rouse Model; 2.8 Linear Viscoelasticity; 2.9 Summary; CHAPTER 3. CONTINUUM THEORIES; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Constitutive Equation of Linear Viscoelasticity; 3.3 Frame Invariance; 3.4 Oldroyd's Constitutive Equations; 3.5 The Kaye-BKZ Class of Equations; 3.6 Other Strain History Integrals; 3.7 Summary; CHAPTER 4. REPTATION THEORIES FOR MELTS AND CONCENTRATED SOLUTIONS; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Simplifying Features of Melts; 4.3 Crossover to Entanglement Effects
4.4 The Doi-Edwards Constitutive Equation4.5 Approximations to the Doi-Edwards Equation; 4.6 Predictions of Reptation Theories; 4.7 Curtiss-Bird Theory; 4.8 Summary; CHAPTER 5. CONSTITUTIVE MODELS WITH NONAFFINE MOTION; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Gordon-Schowalter Convected Derivative; 5.3 Johnson-Segalman Model; 5.4 Partially-Extending Convected Derivative; 5.5 Irreversibility of Nonaffine Motion; 5.6 White-Metzner Equation; 5.7 Summary; CHAPTER 6. NONSEPARABLE CONSTITUTIVE MODELS; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Giesekus and Leonov Models; 6.3 Network Models; 6.4 Configuration Distribution Functions
6.5 SummaryCHAPTER 7. COMPARISON OF CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS FOR MELTS; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The Relationship between Integral and Differential Constitutive Equations; 7.3 Comparing Constitutive Equations to Melt Data; 7.4 Summary; Appendix; CHAPTER 8. VISCOELASTICITY OF DILUTE POLYMER SOLUTIONS; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Linear Viscoelasticity; 8.3 Non-Newtonian Viscosity; 8.4 Expressions for the Stress Tensor; 8.5 Dumbbells with Shear Thinning; 8.6 Extensional Flow; 8.7 Suspensions of Rigid Particles; 8.8 Summary; CHAPTER 9. CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS FOR SPECIAL FLOWS; 9.1 Introduction
9.2 Flows of Constant Stretch History9.3 Retarded Motion Expansion; 9.4 Foundations of Constitutive Theory; 9.5 Summary; CHAPTER 10. THEORIES FOR NONDILUTE SOLUTIONS OF RODLIKE MOLECULES; 10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Semidilute Regime; 10.3 The Isotropic to Nematic Transition; 10.4 Doi Constitutive Equation for Nematic Polymers; 10.5 Statics of Liquid Crystals; 10.7 Rheology of Liquid Crystal Polymers; 10.8 Summary; Author Index; Subject Index