Selected Lecture Slides
CM4650
Polymer Rheology

Dr. Faith A. Morrison
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Michigan Technological University
Houghton, MI 49931

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Lecture 1: Introduction to Rheology- Video - Polymeric Flow Phenomena

Lecture 2: Vectors and Tensors 1- Vector review; Coordinate Systems

Lecture 3: Vectors and Tensors 2 - Einstein Notation

Lecture 4: no class - MLK Day

Lecture 5: Vectors and Tensors 3 - Einstein Notation and Tensors

Lecture 6: Vectors and Tensors 4 - Differential Operations

Lecture 7: Vectors and Tensors 5 - Curvilinear Coordinates; Vector Theorems

Lecture 8: Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 1 - Derive Continuity Equation

Lecture 9: Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 2 - Derive Navier-Stokes Equation

Lecture 10: Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 3 - Derive Navier-Stokes Equation

Lecture 11: Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 3 - Solve Flow Problems

Lecture 12 - no class - Winter Carnival

Lecture 13: Standard Flows 1

Lecture 14:  Standard Flows 2

Lecture 15: Standard Flows 3

Lecture 16: Material Functions 1

Lecture 17: Material Functions 2

Lecture 18: Material Functions 3

Lecture 19:  Experimental Results 1 - Steady Shear Flow - Linear Polymers

Lecture 20: Experimental Results 2 - Steady Shear Flow - Architecture, Mixtures, T, P

Lecture 21: Experimental Results 3 - Unsteady Shear Flow - SAOS of LInear Polymers

Lecture 22: Experimental Results 4 - Time-Temperature Superposition

Lecture 23: Experimental Results 5 - Unsteady Shear/Elongational Flow

Lecture 24: Generalized Newtonian Fluids 1 - Introduction

Lecture 25: Generalized Newtonian Fluids 2 - Material Functions Predictions

Lecture 26: Generalized Newtonian Fluids 3 - Pressure-Driven Flow in a Tube

Lecture 27: Fluids with Memory 1 - Introduction

Lecture 28: Fluids with Memory 2 - The Maxwell Models

Lecture 29: Fluids with Memory 3 - The Integral Maxwell Model

Lecture 30: Fluids with Memory 4 - The Generalized Maxwell Model and the Generalized Linear-Viscoelastic Model

Lecture 31: Fluids with Memory 5 - Predictions of the GMM in SAOS

Lecture 32: Fluids with Memory 6 - Flow problem with GLVE - Drag Flow

Lecture 33: Fluids with Memory 7 - Limitations of the GLVE

Lecture 34: Fluids with Memory 8 - Limitations of the GLVE (con't); Intro to Advanced Constitutive Equations

Lecture 35: Advanced Const Eqns 1 - Deformation Gradient Tensor

Lecture 36: Advanced Const Eqns 2 - Finger Strain Tensor/Lodge Model

Lecture 37: Advanced Const Eqns 3 - Lodge Model (Turntable Example) plus Other Constitutive Approaches

Lecture 38: Advanced Const Eqns 4 - Other Constitutive Approaches; Molecularly Based Constitutive Equations

Lecture 39: Advanced Const Eqns 5 - Molecularly Based Constitutive Equations - Intro to Rheometry

Lecture 40: Rheometry 1 - Capillary Rheometry

Lecture 41: Rheometry 2