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The Economic Case for a Program in Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics Research. The mechanics of non-Newtonian materials dominates the technologies of production and utilization of the products of major segments of the chemical process industries. The magnitude of the current economic involvement is estimated at between 12 and 15 billion dollars for the U.S. alone. It is growing at a percentage rate which exceeds that of the overall chemicals and petroleum industries by afactor of 2 to 5 and the general economy's growth rate by a factor of 3 to 4. Clearly, this is a vital area of industrial endeavor.
A second case for the proposed research program lies in closing the present enormous gap between industrial and academic research levels in this area. While a significant fraction of all industrial research is concerned with problems in these area, less than 6% of the (longer-range) academic endeavors are concerned with providing a firm scientific basis for such industrial research activities.
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Metzner, A.B. The mechanics of non-Newtonian fluids: American research and research needs. Rheol Acta 5, 65–73 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01973584
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