Han (polymer engineering, U. of Akron) has written a two-volume opus (the volumes are sold individually) laying out the rheological behaviour of polymer materials in v.1 and their applications in polymer processing in v.2. The initial chapters of v.1 describe basic concepts, including the kinematics and stresses of deformable bodies, continuum and molecular theories for the viscoelesticity of flexible homogeneous polymeric liquids, and experimental methods for measurement of the rheological properties of polymeric fluids. These basics are followed by nine chapters detailing the rheological behavior of specific polymeric materials, including flexible homopolymers, miscible polymer blends, block copolymers, liquid-crystalline polymers, and thermoplastic polyurethanes. Both author and subject indexes are provided.
