Table of Contents

PREFACE.

NOTATION.

INTRODUCTION.

1 MATERIAL MECHANICS.

1.1 Introduction.

1.2 Continuum Mechanics.

1.3 Constitutive Equation.

1.4 Viscometric Flows.

2 RHEOPHYSICS OF PASTES AND GRANULAR MATERIALS.

2.1 Interactions between Material Elements.

2.2 Rheology of Soft Jammed Systems (Pastes).

2.3 Rheology of Granular Materials.

2.4 Rheology of Granular Pastes.

3 EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES AND PROBLEMS IN PASTE VISCOMETRY.

3.1 Experimental Procedures.

3.2 Wall Slip.

3.3 Shear Localization.

3.4 Surface Tension Effects.

3.5 Drying.

3.6 Phase Separation.

3.7 Cracking.

3.8 Temperature Effects.

3.9 Inertia Effects and Turbulence.

4 LOCAL RHEOMETRY.

4.1 Techniques for Measuring the Velocity Field in Fluids.

4.2 Rheological Interpretation of Velocity Profiles.

4.3 Velocity Profile Reconstruction From Rheometry.

4.3.4 Specific Behavior Types.

4.3.5 Wall Slip Effect.

4.3.6 Inclined Plane Flow.

5 NONVISCOMETRIC FLOWS OF YIELD STRESS FLUIDS.

5.1 Displacement of an Object Through a Yield Stress Fluid.

5.2 Squeeze or Stretch Flows.

5.3 Spreading or Coating Flows.

6 GRANULAR FLOWS IN FRICTIONAL REGIME.

6.1 Viscometric Flows.

6.2 Free Surface Flows.

6.3 Conduit Flows.

6.4 Compression Flows.

6.5 Displacement of an Object.

6.6 Free Surface Flow of a Granular Paste.

7 PRACTICAL RHEOMETRICAL TECHNIQUES.

7.1 Tests Involving Displacement of an Object through Fluid.

7.2 Tests Involving Squeeze Flows.

7.3 Tests Involving Spreading or Coating Flows.

7.4 Tests Involving Conduit Flows.

7.5 Practical Tests for Granular Materials.

7.6 Study of Thixotropy using Practical Rheometrical Tests.

7.7 Applications to Industrial and Environmental Materials.

INDEX.

About the Author

PHILIPPE COUSSOT, PhD, is Director of the Laboratory of Materials and Structures for Civil Engineering, Marne-la-Vallée, France. He is President of the French Society of Rheology and a recipient of the biannual Award of the French Association of Mechanics.

Reviews

"...this book offers a good balance of theoretical and practical information relating to the rheology and characterization of filled systems..." (IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine, January/February 2006)