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1、AAHHAANNDDBBOOOOKKOOFFEELLEEMMEENNTTAARRYYRRHHEEOOLLOOGGYYHHoowwaarrddAA..BBaarrnneessInstituteofNon-NewtonianFluidMechanicsUniversityofWales2000AHANDBOOKOFELEMENTARYRHEOLOGYHowardA.BarnesPrincipalScientist,andScienceAreaLeaderinRheologyandFluidMechanicsUnileverResearchPortSu

2、nlightWirralEnglandUniversityofWalesInstituteofNon-NewtonianFluidMechanics,Aberystwyth,2000HandbookofElementaryRheologyPublishedbyTheUniversityofWalesInstituteofNon-NewtonianFluidMechanics,DepartmentofMathematics,UniversityofWalesAberystwyth,Penglais,Aberystwyth,Dyfed,Wales,S

3、Y233BZ.Firstpublished2000HowardA.Barnes,2000ISBN0-9538032-0-1PrintedbyCambrianPrinters,LlanbadarnRoad,AberystwythSY233TNiiFOREWORD‘Oneoftheprincipalobjects...inanydepartmentofknowledgeistofindthepointofviewfromwhichthesubjectappearsinitsgreatestsimplicity’,J.WillardGibbsInan

4、earlierbook—AnIntroductiontoRheology—westatedthatrheologyisadifficultsubject.However,eventhoughwethentriedtomakeitassimpleaspossible,anumberofpeoplestilltoldusthattheyfoundthebookhardgoing.Thispresentbookismeanttosatisfythisgroup.Forthisreason,themathematicalcontenthasbeenkep

5、ttoaminimum,andthetextisasdescriptiveaspossible:therearenointegralsandonlytheoccasionaldifferentiationsymbol,withalltheequationsinthesimplealgebraicformofA=B.ThebookissuitableasafirstintroductiontothesubjectofRheologyforanystudentofscienceorengineering.However,havingworkedini

6、ndustryforthirtyyears,Iamalsotryingtomeettheneedsofmyindustrialcolleagueswho—oftenwithoutanyprevioustraininginthesubjectofrheology—findthemselveshavingtoworkontheformulationandprocessingofnon-Newtonianliquids.ThecontentsofthisbookareexpansionsoflecturesthatIhavegiventoboththe

7、segroupsofpeopleovertheyears,inintroductoryrheologycoursesrunbyrheometercompanies,trainingorganisationsanduniversitiesaroundtheworld.BeforeleavingthisforewordImustmentiontworheologistsandtworheologybooks.Dr.GeorgeScottBlair,the‘grandoldman’ofBritishRheology,wasthefirstauthort

8、oproduceabookcalledElementaryRheology(AcademicPress,London,1969),wri