CHEN8102

This course will describe flow behavior of complex fluids from both a macroscopic experimental point of view, in which we focus on characterizing nontrivial responses to stress and strain, and from a microstructural point of view, in which we focus on the microstructural
and molecular origins of observed behavior.

Primary topics will include:
• Linear viscoelasticity (dynamic response to varied types of small deformation)
• Non-linear phenomena (non-Newtonian flow and nonlinear elasticity)
• Phenomenological constitutive relations
• Experimental methods for shear and extensional flow
• Microstructural models of colloidal dispersions and polymer liquids

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