Lecture Notes

Topics and selected lecture slides are provided below. Additional lecture notes are forthcoming.

Topic 1: Review of Newtonian Fluid Mechanics (Sessions 1–3) (PDF - 1.5MB)

Topic 2: Materials Functions (Sessions 4–6) (PDF - 2.2MB)

Topic 3: Generalized Newtonian Fluids (GNF) (Sessions 7–8) (PDF - 1.2MB)

Topic 4: Linear Viscoelasticity (Sessions 9–11: Notes are currently unavailable.)

This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Topic 5: Polymer Physics: Gaussian Chains and Entropic Elasticity (Sessions 12–13) (PDF - 3.1MB)

Topic 6: Ordered Fluid Expansions (Sessions 14–15: Notes are currently unavailable.)

Topic 7: Differential Constitutive Equations (Sessions 16–20: Notes are currently unavailable.)

Topic 8: Gels and Gel Rheology (Sessions 21–22: Notes are currently unavailable.)

Topic 9: Suspensions Rheology (Sessions 23–24) (PDF - 2.2MB)