Fluid Mechanics and Polymer Rheology detailed syllabus for Plastics Technology (Plastics) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the Plastics students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Plastics Technology 4th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Plastics 4th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of fluid mechanics and polymer rheology is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
FLUID PROPERTIES 9 Units and dimensions-Properties of fluids-mass density, specific weight, specific volume, specific gravity, viscosity, surface tension and capillarity-Terminologies of fluid flow-Laminar and turbulent flow of Newtonian fluids-Power law-Reynolds number and its significance
Unit II
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Unit III
POLYMER RHEOLOGY 9 Introduction and Basic concepts of Rheology, classification of fluids, Newtonian and non Newtonian fluids, shear stress, shear strain and shear rate, shear modulus, bulk modulus, Zero shear viscosity, Dependence of viscosity with temp, shear stress , Viscoelasticity -effect of rate of strain, temperature and time on mechanical behaviour of polymeric materials.
Unit IV
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Unit V
MEASUREMENT OF POLYMER MELT VISCOSITY 9 Viscosity of polymer melts – dieswell and melt fracture – Weissenberg effect – Elongational viscosity. Measurements of rheological properties – capillary rheometers – cone and plate viscometer – Oscillating disc rheometer – Mooney viscometer
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Cogswell, Polymer melt rheology, Woodhead Publishing Ltd, 1994.
- R.J. Crawford, Plastics Engineering, Butterworth – Heinemann, Oxford, 2002, 3rd edition
- Dr. R. K. Bansal, A Textbook of Fluid mechanics and Hydraulic Machines, 9th edition, 2017
Reference Books:
- P.N.Cogswell, Polymer Melt Rheology, A guide for Industrial Practice, George Godwin,1981.
- Richard C. Progelh of and James L. Throne, Polymer Engineering Principles, Hanser Publishers, New York, 1998.
- John M. Dealy and Kurt F. Wissburn, Melt rheology and its role in plastics processing, Chapman, London, Oct 3rd, 2013.
- R.S. Lenk, Polymer Rheology, Applied Science, London, 2012.
- J.D. Ferry, Viscoelastic Properties of Polymers, john Wiley & Sons, New York, 1986.
- Chang Dae Han. Rheology in Polymer Processing, Academic Press, New York, 1976
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