DynamicsofPolymericLiquids,KineticTheory

ThisrevisionofanintroductorytextexaminesNewtonianliquidsandpolymerfluidmechanics.ItbeginswithareviewofthemainideasoffluiddynamicsaswellaskeypointsofNewtonianfluids.Themajorrevisionsincludeextensiveupdatingofallmaterialandagreateremphasisonfluiddynamicsproblemsolving.Summariesarepresentedofexperimentsdescribingthedifferencebetweenpolymericandsimplefluids.Inadditionthebooktraces,roughlyinhistoricalorder,variousmethodsforsolvingpolymerfluiddynamicsproblems.Includedareproblemsattheendofeachchapterandappendixestoassistthereaderinarrivingatcorrectsolutions.