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Although the word “rheology” is derived from the Greek “ϱεω”, which means “flow”, it is used in the wider sense to mean that branch of physics which is concerned with the deformation of materials.
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The classical books for Hookian elasticity and Newtonian hydrodynamics are still A. E. H. Love, Elasticity, Cambridge 1906–1927,
and H. Lamb, Hydrodynamics, Cambridge 1879–1932.
Hill, R.: Plasticity, Oxford 1950, has attempted to achieve the same for “classical” plasticity, without, however, covering the field to such extent. In addition the following may therefore be consulted:
Nadai, A.: Plasticity. New York and London 1931.
Prager, W., and P. G. Hodge: Perfectly Elastic Solids. New York and London 1951.
An exhaustive survey of new developments in elasticity and hydrodynamics has been given by C. Truesdell, J. Rat. Mech. a. Analysis 1, 125 – 300 (1952);
C. Truesdell, J. Rat. Mech. a. Analysis 2, 593 – 616 (1953).
Phenomenological rheology is treated in two textbooks by M. Reiner: “Twelve Lectures on Theoretical Rheology, North Holland Publ. Co., Amsterdam, 1949,and “Deformation and Flow”, H. K. Lewis, London, 1949. Older literature was reviewed by v. Kármán in Art. 31 of vol. IV. 4 of Encyclopaedie der Math. Wiss. in 1913, under the title „Physikalische Grundlagen der Festigkeitslehre”, before the term “rheology” was known.
Other basic books in the field of rheology are in alphabetical order.
Alfrey, T. jr.: Mechanical Behaviour of High Polymers, Interscience, New York 1948.
Committee for the study of viscosity. First report on viscosity and plasticity. Amsterdam 1935.
Ditto: Second report. Amsterdam 1938.
Eirich, F. R. (Editor): Rheology, Theory and Applications. New York 1956. This work in three volumes is planned to give in 45 chapters by different authorities an exhaustive survey.
Freudenthal, A. M.: The Inelastic Behavior of Engineering Materials and Structures. New York 1950.
Green, H.: Industrial Rheology and Rheological Structures. New York and London 1949. Mainly for thixotropy.
Gross, B.: Theories of Viscosity. Paris 1953.
Houwink, R.: Elasticity, Plasticity and the Structure of Matter. Cambridge 1937. — (Elastizität, Plastizität und Struktur der Materie, Dresden und Leipzig 1938.) Dealing with glass, resisns, asphalt, rubber, gut-percha, balata, cellulose, starch, proteins, dough, paints, lacquers, clay and sulphur.
Jeffreys, H.: The Earth. Cambridge 1929 and 1952. — For the rheologist the earlier edition is more interesting. Jeffreys coined the term “elasticoviscosity” and “firmoviscosity”.
Leaderman, H.: Physics of High Polymers. Utrecht 1951.
Nadai, A.: Theory of Flow and Fracture of Solids. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co. 1950.
Philippoff, W.: Viscosität der Kolloide. Dresden u. Leipzig 1942.
Scott-Blair, G. W.: A survey of general and applied rheology. London 1949. — Mainly for the integrative approach and psychophysical considerations in rheology.
Stuart, H. A. (Editor): Die Physik der Hochpolymeren. Berlin: Springer 1956. Vol. IV with Chapters by A. J. Staverman, F. Schwarzl, L. R. G. Treloar and J. D. Ferry.
Treloar, L. R. G.: The Physics of Rubber Elasticity. Oxford 1949.
When planning rheological experiments, it is advisable to consult:
Burgers, J. M., and G. W. Scott Blair: Report on the principles of rheological nomenclature. Amsterdam 1949.
A series of monographs “on the rheological behaviour of natural and synthetic products” has been edited by J. M. Burgers, J. J. Hermans and G. W. Scott Blair, and published by the North Holland Publishing Co., Amsterdam. They comprise:
Frey-Wyssling, A. (Editor): Deformation and Flow in Biological Systems, (1952), dealing with protoplasm, muscle, plant cell walls, latex, blood, lymph, cerebrospinal fluids, intra-ocular fluids, intra-ocular fluid and secretions.
Hermans, J. J. (Editor): Flow Properties of Dispersed Systems, 1953, dealing with suspensions, emulsions, gels, dilute solutions of impenetrable rigid particles, dilute solutions of flexible chain molecules, liquid sprays, atomization of liquids, foams, smoke, powders.
Meredith, R. (Editor): Mechanical Properties of Wood and Paper. 1953.
Reiner, M. (Editor): Building Materials, their Elasticity and Inelasticity, 1954, dealing with metals, wood, plaster and mortar, fresh concrete, set and reinforced concrete, road asphalt, soils, earth walling, clay products and minor materials of building construction.
Papers of major historical importance
Lord Kelvin (Sir W. Thomson): “Elasticity”, Encyclopedia Britannica. 9th ed., 1875; also Papers, 3. London 1890. This is an article which can still today be read with great profit.
Einstein, A.: Ann. Physik 19, 289 (1906);
Einstein, A.: Ann. Physik 34, 591 (1911). — The first microrheological analysis.
Maxwell, J. C.: Phil. Mag. (4) 35, 129, 185 (1868). — Introduced the relaxation of stress.
Bingham, E. C., and H. Green: Proc. Amer. Assoc. Testing Materials, II 19, 640 (1919). — This paper started rheology.
Poynting, J. H., and J. J. Thomson: Properties of Matter. London 1902. These authors first used the picture of a mechanical model.
Poynting, J.H.: Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond., Ser. A 82, 546 (1909);
Poynting, J.H.: Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond., Ser 86, 534 (1912). — The first experimental observation of second order effects in elasticity.
Murnaghan, F.D.: Amer. J. Math. 59, 235 (1937). — The first to use systematically tensor notation in elasticity.
Reiner, M.: Amer. J. Math. 67, 350 (1945);
Reiner, M.: Amer. J. Math. 70, 433 (1948). — Established the isotropic relation between two tensors of second rank and the resulting second order effects in viscous and elastic media.
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Reiner, M. (1958). Rheology. In: Flügge, S. (eds) Elasticity and Plasticity / Elastizität und Plastizität. Encyclopedia of Physics / Handbuch der Physik. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-43081-1_4
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