SYLLABUS: POLYMER PROCESSING

20 MTEN 625 001 Wednesday/Friday 9:00-10:00 Baldwin 649
20 MTEN 329 001 Wednesday/Friday 9:00-10:00 Baldwin 649
Lab
Tuesday 11-12:30 T11-12:30
Tuesday 2-3:30 T2-3:30
Tuesday 3:30-5 T3:30-5
Thursday 11-12:30 R11-12:30
Thursday 2-3:30 R2-3:30
Thursday 3:30-5 R3:30-5

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Quarter: Winter, 2002-2003

LEVEL: Dual (Focused on Undergraduate but Graduates can take course for Grad. Credit)

Instructor: Prof. Gregory Beaucage
gbeaucag@uceng.uc.edu

556-3063/-5152(Lab)/-9305(Lab)

540 ERC/551 ERC and 410 Rhodes (Labs)

http://www.eng.uc.edu/~gbeaucag/BeaucageResearchGroup.html

Textbooks: "Fundamentals of Polymer Processing" by Stanley Middleman
"Understanding Rheology" by Faith A. Morrison
"Principles of Polymer Processing" by Z. Tadmor and C. G. Gogos

Notes/Labs/Homeworks (HW's Not Graded) on Web in html and pdf format: http://www.eng.uc.edu/~gbeaucag/Classes/Processing.html

Synopsis of Course: The main topics involved in the processing of polymers will be explored. These include a brief review of transport phenomena and basic rheological equations, more specialize approaches to polymer rheology and application of these approaches to unit operations in polymer processing.

7 labs will take the place of Monday class meetings beginning in mid-January.

1. Review (Chapters 1-4).

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Basic processing aspects of Polymer Science. Chapters 1-4 should have been mostly covered in Introduction to Polymer Science.

2. Transport Phenomena (Chapter 5).

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Vectors and tensors in rheology. Continuity equations for mass, momentum and energy. Common assumptions for continuity equations. Reynolds' Equation. Deborah Number (eqn. 2.1-5) and molecular weight dependence of zero shear rate viscosity (fig. 2.3). Constitutive equations.

3. Polymer Melt Rheology (Chapter 6).

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Models for non-Newtonian behavior.

4. Mixtures and Mixing. (Chapter 7).

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Modeling of mixing in inhomogeneous systems common to polymer processing.

5. Mixing Operations (Chapter 11).

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Batch vs. continuous. Laminar mixing. Models for homogenization, dispersion. Motionless mixers, roll mills, batch mixers, screw extruders as mixers.

6. Pressurization and Pumping (Chapter 10).

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Models for the important pressurization methods in polymer processing. Screw pump, calendars and roll-mills, normal stress pressurization, plunger-cylinder, gear pumps, and twin screw extruders.

7. Screw Extruder (Chapter 12).

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Modeling of the single screw extruder using topics we have discussed.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Quiz Every 3'rd Lecture Meeting.

Lab Reports due at 5pm on Monday following the lab

Comprehensive Final Covering Labs, Quizzes and Homework (homeworks are not graded)

Lab Reports and Quizzes of Equal Weight

Mandatory Final of 3 quiz length

All Exams Closed Book and Notes.