Materials Science 6110 - Polymer Rheology and Processing
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INSTRUCTOR
Nandika D’Souza
Office Hrs: See website
Office Phone: 940 565-2979
Email: ndsouza@unt.edu
CLASS TIME & LOCATION
See the current class schedule for class time and location
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The objective of this course is develop the reasoning skillset to understand and measure nano and macro issues related to the resistance to deformation in polymers
polymer structure <-> processing parameter determination <-> performance
TEXT
I intend to use a wide range of textbooks and will provide references in the handouts.
GRADING
Homework and lab experiments: Laboratory experiments: 30%
Exam 1= 20
Exam 2: 20
Final: 30
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Class Topics |
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January 24: Rheology: Newtonian and non-Newtonian. Experiment on lotions
January 31: Phenomenological treatment of viscoelasticity, Creep and stress relaxation, time temperature superposition (dma and master curve data)
February 7: Rheological measurements (dma and master curve data)
February 14: Rheological measurements (interpreting the master curve, wlf basis
February 21: Rheological measurements (complete oscillatory testing and analysis)
February 28: take home exam
March 7: Flow curves
March 21: Flow curves and two phase
March 28: take home exam and lab analysis
April 4: Polymer processing
April 11: Polymer processing
April 18: Polymer processing
April 25: Polymer processing
May 2nd: student presentations on short projects
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