Abstract
Fluids with featureless microstructures are well described by the Newtonian constitutive equation, which states that the stress tensor is proportional to the shear rate tensor (these concepts will be made precise later). Fluids with complex microstructures, for example suspensions of particles or droplets (blood, paint, ink, asphalt, bitumen, foodstuffs, etc.), polymer melts and solutions (molten plastics, fibre-reinforced or particulate plastics), exhibit a wide variety of behaviours. These are summarised here. For more information, consult Bird et al. [2] and Tanner [5].
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Phan-Thien, N. (2002). Rheological Properties. In: Understanding Viscoelasticity. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-10704-1_2
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