Course Information
CM4650 Spring 2020
Polymer Rheology

Prof. Faith A. Morrison, Professor of Chemical Engineering
Chem-Sci-Eng 304A 
phone 906-487-2050
email fmorriso@mtu.edu
Office hours: click here

• Dynamics of Polymer Liquids, Volume 1: Fluid Mechanics, R. B. Bird, R. C. Armstrong, and O. Hassager (Wiley: New York, 1987). This is the book that I used to learn the subject matter of the course. I will refer to this book either as BAH (authors' initials) or DPL (title initials).
• An Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, F. A. Morrison (Cambridge University Press, New York, 2013).
• Viscoelastic Properties of Polymers, J. D. Ferry (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.:  New York, 1980).
• Rheometry, K. Walters (Chapman & Hall:  London, 1975).
• Div, Grad, Curl, and All That: An Informal Text on Vector Calculus, H. M. Schey, 3rd edition,W W Norton & Company, New York (1996).  This is a very nice paperback that deals with the physical meaning of these important vector operators.
  

WEB PAGE:

www.chem.mtu.edu/~fmorriso/cm4650/cm4650.html  Homework assignments, past exams, PDF-files of lecture slides and much more information may be found on this webpage.

Homework 15%  - All homework is done on an individual basis.  You may not copy the work of your classmates.  You may discuss problems orally, but you may not exchange papers or look at the work of others.  You may come to me with questions on the homework.  You must follow all Homework Policies noted at this link:  http://www.chem.mtu.edu/%7Efmorriso/cm4650/homework_rules.html

First Exam 25%
Second Exam 25%
Final Exam 35%

Letter Grade	Percentage
A	90% & above
AB	86% – 90%
B	80% – 85%
BC	76% – 79%
C	70% – 75%
CD	66% – 69%
D	60% - 65%
F	59% and below

 Exams will be closed book, closed notes.  Calculators permitted. No cell phone use or internet capability allowed during exams.

Homework Policies

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