ChE I2300 Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
Review of the general concepts of continuum mechanics and tensor analysis. The rheology of non-Newtonian fluids. Viscometric flows. Linear viscoelasticity. Constitutive equation theory and codeforming and corrotating formalisms. Applications include the treatment of particle motions in non-Newtonian fluids.
Contact Hours
3 hr./wk.