Rheology is the study of the deformation and flow of matter under the influence of an applied stress. The term was coined by Eugene Bingham, a professor at Lehigh University, in 1920, from a suggestion by a colleague, Markus Reiner. The term was inspired by Heraclitus's famous expression panta rei, "everything flows".
In practice, rheology is principally concerned with extending the "classical" disciplines of elasticity and (Newtonian) fluid mechanics to materials whose mechanical behaviour cannot be described with the classical theories. It is also concerned with establishing predictions for mechanical behaviour (on the continuum mechanical scale) based on the micro- or nanostructure of the material, e.g. the molecular size and architecture of polymers in solution or the particle size distribution in a solid suspension.
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Colloid and Interface Science Page - Terms and field of colloid science, Laurier L. Schramm, University of Calgary.
Food Rheology Laboratory - USA, MI - Rheology applied to food process engineering.
Glossary of Rheological Terms - By the Institute for Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics.
Intro to polymers : The Macrogalleria - A cyberwonderland of polymer fun from University of S MS
Materials Science Modeling - Project at NIST, Applied and Computational Mathematics Division, US gov. institute.
Mechanical Properties of Polymers - Viscoelasticity, relaxation spectra, Model of polymer chain ..
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NIST: Materials Science - Polymers Division - National Institute of Standards and Technology (US government): polymers - electronics materials, biomaterials, ... large site with searchable index
Polymers Division of NIST - The Polymers Division of US standards institute provides standards, measurement methods, and fundamental concepts for plastics industry
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Prof. Clifford Truesdell - Publications, bio, .. of the 'Grand Man' of Rheology.
Rheology of Liquid Crystals - Freiburg - TMR Network - nematic fluids.
Meta Description: [ Institutfür Makromolekulare Chemie der Universität Freiburg ]
Rheology Primer - Understanding of hydrocolloids.
Meta Description: [ Rheology: a primer to aid the understanding of hydrocolloids ]
Rheology Research Center, University of Wisconsin - History, videos of rheologic processes, and links.
Suspensions - Computational approach.
The Origins of Rheology: A Short Historical Excursion - History and relationships with other areas of physics. [PDF]
The Physics of Granular Flows - Flow of grains : experimental and numerical studies.
Transport in Permeable Media - Transport and phase change phenomena in porous media.
What is rheology anyway? - Rheology studies the flow of unusual materials, particularly non-Newtonian fluids such as mayonnaise, paint, molten plastics, and foams. The Society of Rheology caters to rheologists in many fields
Meta Description: [ Rheology studies the flow of unusual materials, particularly non-Newtonian fluids such as mayonnaise, paint, molten plastics, and foams. The Society of Rheology caters to rheologists in many fields ]
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