Understanding Rheology (Hardcover)

Rheology is the study of the deformation and flow of materials. The plastic flow of solids, such as molten rock, and the phsycial properties of complex fluids such as polymers, colloids, foams, gels are among the chief concerns of rheology. Food science is among the most industrially significant applications of this science . The strengths of this text is its pedagogy and its price. It contains problems and samples appropriate to undergraduate students. It will be accompanied by an Instructor's Manual free to adopters of the main text.