Module Identifier MAM0320  
Module Title PARAMETER ESTIMATION IN CONTINUUM AND STOCHASTIC MODELS  
Academic Year 2002/2003  
Co-ordinator Professor Russell Davies  
Semester Semester 2  
Other staff Dr David M Binding  
Course delivery Lecture   8 x 1 hour lectures  
  Seminars / Tutorials   Tutorial. 2 x 1 hour tutorials  
  Practical   6 x 3 hour practicals  
Assessment Semester Assessment   Course Work: Practical Reports (80%); Oral examination (20%)   100%  
  Supplementary Assessment   Practical reports   100%  

Learning outcomes

On completion of this module, students should be able to:

Brief description

This module provides an introduction to modern and emerging techniques in parameter estimation for complex fluids. The theory and practice of data analysis for extracting material parameters and functions from rheometrical experiments will be described. In particular, the determination of viscosity as a function of shear-rate, time-temperature superposition and the determination of the discrete relaxation spectrum from the dynamic moduli will be examined. The characterisation of materials using simple and complex flows will be considered as well as advances in intelligent instrumentation.

Aims

This module will provide an introduction to the analysis of rheometrical data. The module will provide students with the skills necessary to analyse data output from rheometrical experiments and to use them to determine material parameters and functions in continuum and stochastic models.

Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Text
H. A. Barnes, J. Hutton and K. Walters. (1989) An introduction to rheology. Elsevier 0444871403
A. A. Collyer. (1993) Techniques in rheological measurement. Chapman and Hall 0412534908
R. G. Owens and T. N. Phillips. (2002) Computational Rheology. Imperial College Press 1860941869