Polymer process engineering
3 points * 24 lectures * Clayton * Prerequisites: CHE3111
Rheological properties and flow behaviour of non-Newtonian fluids. Design procedures for pipe and non-circular channel flow. Rheology of polymers; viscoelastic behaviour of solutions and melts; anomalous phenomena - die swell, melt fracture; practical and fundamental aspects of various polymer processes including coating, extrusion, calendering and moulding of thermoplastics.
Assessment
Examinations: 80% * Assignments: 20%
Recommended texts
Middleman S Fundamentals of polymer processing McGraw-Hill, 1977
Tiu C and Boger D V Rheology and non-Newtonian fluid mechanics Dept Chemical Engineering, Monash U, 1983