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Rheology Rheology of foam Rheometer Rheopexy Rheosyst Rheotron Rheovibron Rheumatic fever Rheumatoid arthritis... 

Barnes, H.A., Hutton, J.F., and Walters, K. 1989. Viscometers for measuring shear viscosity. In An Introduction to Rheology, Rheology Series, 3, 1st ed. pp. 32-34. Elsevier Science Publishing, New York. 

The title of the book, Optical Rheometry of Complex Fluids, refers to the strong connection of the experimental methods that are presented to the field of rheology. Rheology refers to the study of deformation and orientation as a result of fluid flow, and one principal aim of this discipline is the development of constitutive equations that relate the macroscopic stress and velocity gradient tensors. A successful constitutive equation, however, will recognize the particular microstructure of a complex fluid, and it is here that optical methods have proven to be very important. The emphasis in this book is on the use of in situ measurements where the dynamics and structure are measured in the presence of an external field. In this manner, the connection between the microstructural response and macroscopic observables, such as stress and fluid motion can be effectively established. Although many of the examples used in the book involve the application of flow, the use of these techniques is appropriate whenever an external field is applied. For that reason, examples are also included for the case of electric and magnetic fields. 

Rheology Rheological measurements were performed at 25°C with an ARES 2 KFRT controlled strain rheometer (Rheometric Scientific). For the measurements parallel plates of 50 mm diameter were used. The gels were loaded between the plates (2-mm gap) and allowed to rest for 3 min. A strain sweep (0.1 to 100%) was performed at 1 Hz frequency to determine the range of viscoelasticity for each sample and a 2% strain was selected for all samples. A frequency sweep test (0.1 to 16 Hz) was then performed. Samples of 30 and 50% s/w concentration could not be analyzed because of the difficulty in obtaining samples of proper and constant geometry. 

Basic aspects of rheology are discussed in Sections 5.1.1 and 2. This concerns bulk rheology. Rheological theory can also and usefully be applied to the deformation of fluid interfaces. A main problem is that an interface cannot exist by itself it is the boundary between two phases and these phases must be deformed with the interface. Surface or interfacial... 

Rheology. Rheological properties are introduced in Chapter 1 and are discussed in detail in Chapter 3. The semiempirical approach of relating elastic modulus to the degree of dispersion of a suspension is all that is discussed here. 

Section II conlains a review of the basic concepts of viscosity, rheology, rheological behavior, and well-known and proven evaluation techniques. The discussion will be focused exclusively on shear flow, excluding elongationai flow and nonlinear viscoelasticity which, despite their importance, are not often used in product formulation and for this reason will not be discussed. In fact, elunga-tional effects are more often negligible in suspensions and emulsions. 

In Chapter 17, we discuss rheological properties, in particular viscosity and elasticity, of colloidal systems. These properties are at the basis of quality characteristics such as strength, pliancy, fluidity, texture, and other mechanical properties of various materials and products. In addition to bulk rheology, rheological features of interfaces are discussed. Interfacial rheological behavior is crucial for the existence of deformable dispersed particles in emulsions and foams. Emulsions and foams, notably their formation and stabilization, are considered in more detail in Chapter 18. 

Rheology Rheological studies were performed using a cone and plate viscometer (BrookeField Engineering Labs, Massachusetts, USA). The shear rate... 

Greases Mechanical and rheological behavior and its persistence Consistency and viscosity Mechanical stability Oxidation resistance... 

Diesel fuels, like gasoline, are formulated with additives that affect the process of combustion, in this case to improve the cetane number. Diesel fuels also contain detergents for irijection systems as well as compounds for improving the fuel s low tempierature rheology. Finally, decreasing particulate emissions is a problem of increasing concern, but the mechanism of action to promote this effect is not clearly understood. 

Additives Modifying the Rheological Properties of Lubricating Oils... 

It is very important, from one hand, to accept a hypothesis about the material fracture properties before physical model building because general view of TF is going to change depending on mechanical model (brittle, elasto-plastic, visco-elasto-plastic, ete.) of the material. From the other hand, it is necessary to keep in mind that the material response to loads or actions is different depending on the accepted mechanical model because rheological properties of the material determine type of response in time. The most remarkable difference can be observed between brittle materials and materials with explicit plastic properties. 

The discussion of surface viscosity and other aspects of surface rheology is deferred to Section IV-3C. 

Foam rheology has been a challenging area of research of interest for the yield behavior and stick-slip flow behavior (see the review by Kraynik [229]). Recent studies by Durian and co-workers combine simulations [230] and a dynamic light scattering technique suited to turbid systems [231], diffusing wave spectroscopy (DWS), to characterize coarsening and shear-induced rearrangements in foams. The dynamics follow stick-slip behavior similar to that found in earthquake faults and friction (see Section XU-2D). 

A third definition of surface mobility is essentially a rheological one it represents the extension to films of the criteria we use for bulk phases and, of course, it is the basis for distinguishing states of films on liquid substrates. Thus as discussed in Chapter IV, solid films should be ordered and should show elastic and yield point behavior liquid films should be coherent and show viscous flow gaseous films should be in rapid equilibrium with all parts of the surface. 

Neither the thermodynamic nor the rheological description of surface mobility has been very useful in the case of chemisorbed films. From the experimental point of view, the first is complicated by the many factors that can affect adsorption entropies and the latter by the lack of any methodology. 

Tonck A, Georges J M and Loubet J L 1988 Measurements of intermoiecuiar forces and the rheology of dodecane between alumina surfaces J. Coiioid interface Sc/. 126 150-5... 

Borwankar R P and Case S E 1997 Rheology of emulsions, foams and gels Curr. Opin. Coiioid interface Sc/. 2 584-9... 

Luengo G ef a/1997 Thin film rheology and tribology of oonfined polymer melts oontrasts with bulk properties Macromolecules 30 2482-94... 

Most properties of linear polymers are controlled by two different factors. The chemical constitution of tire monomers detennines tire interaction strengtli between tire chains, tire interactions of tire polymer witli host molecules or witli interfaces. The monomer stmcture also detennines tire possible local confonnations of tire polymer chain. This relationship between the molecular stmcture and any interaction witli surrounding molecules is similar to tliat found for low-molecular-weight compounds. The second important parameter tliat controls polymer properties is tire molecular weight. Contrary to tire situation for low-molecular-weight compounds, it plays a fimdamental role in polymer behaviour. It detennines tire slow-mode dynamics and tire viscosity of polymers in solutions and in tire melt. These properties are of utmost importance in polymer rheology and condition tlieir processability. The mechanical properties, solubility and miscibility of different polymers also depend on tlieir molecular weights. 

Lequeux F 1996 Struoture and rheology of wormlike mioelles Curr. Opin. Colloid Interface Sc/. 1 341-4... 

Many properties of colloidal suspensions, such as their stability, rheology, and phase behaviour, are closely related to the interactions between the suspended particles. The background of the most important contributing factors to these interactions is discussed in this section. 

Figure 1.2 Comparison of the rheological behaviour of Newtonian and typical generalized Newtonian fluids...

Casson, N., 1959. In Mill. C.C. (ed.), Rheology of Disperse Systems, Pergamon Press, London. 

Doi, M. and Edwards, S.F., 1978. Dynamics of concentrated polymer systems 1. Brownian motion in equilibrium state, 2. Molecular motion under flow, 3. Constitutive equation and 4. Rheological properties. J. Cheni. Soc., Faraday Trans. 2 74, 1789, 1802, 1818-18.32. 

Pearson,. I.R.A., 1994. Report on University of Wales Institute of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics Mini Symposium on Continuum and Microstructural Modelling in Computational Rheology. /. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech. 55, 203 -205. 

Tanner, R.I., 1985. Engineering Rheology, Clarendon Press, Oxford. 

Tanner, R.I. 2000. Engineering Rheology, 2nd edti, Oxford University Press, Oxford. Taylor, C., Ranee, J. and Medwell, J. O., 1985. A note on the imposition of traction boundary conditions when using FEM for solving incompressible flow problems. Comnmn. Appl. Numer. Methods 1, 113-121. 

Incorporation of viscosity variations in non-elastic generalized Newtonian flow models is based on using empirical rheological relationships such as the power law or Carreau equation, described in Chapter 1. In these relationships fluid viscosity is given as a function of shear rate and material parameters. Therefore in the application of finite element schemes to non-Newtonian flow, shear rate at the elemental level should be calculated and used to update the fluid viscosity. The shear rale is defined as the second invariant of the rate of deformation tensor as (Bird et at.., 1977)... 

Step 4 - update the value of viscosity (r/) using an appropriate rheological equation (e.g. temperature-dependent form of the Carreau model given as Equation (5.4)). 

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