Robert Byron Bird
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Robert Byron Bird was an American chemical engineer and professor emeritus in the department of chemical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was known for his research in transport phenomena of non-Newtonian fluids, including fluid dynamics of polymers, polymer kinetic theory, and rheology. He, along with Warren E. Stewart and Edwin N. Lightfoot, was an author of the classic textbook Transport Phenomena. Bird was a recipient of the National Medal of Science in 1987.
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Published Works
- Molecular Theory Of Gases And Liquids (1954) (12548)
- Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids (1977) (3990)
- Dynamics of polymeric liquids: Fluid mechanics (1987) (1199)
- Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids, Volume 1: Fluid Mechanics (1987) (682)
- The Rheology and Flow of Viscoplastic Materials (1983) (672)
- Polymer solution rheology based on a finitely extensible bead—spring chain model (1980) (363)
- Dynamics of polymeric liquids: Kinetic theory (1987) (311)
- Comprar Transport Phenomena, Revised 2nd Edition | Edwin N. Lightfoot | 9780470115398 | Wiley (2007) (309)
- Constitutive equations for polymeric liquids (1995) (239)
- A nonlinear viscoelastic model for polymer solutions and melts—I (1968) (222)
- Squeezing Flow between Parallel Disks. I. Theoretical Analysis (1974) (205)
- The Transport Properties for Non‐Polar Gases (1948) (204)
- Non-Newtonian Flow in Annuli (1958) (196)
- The transport properties of gases and gaseous mixtures. (1949) (191)
- A kinetic theory for polymer melts. I. The equation for the single‐link orientational distribution function (1981) (182)
- Useful Non-Newtonian Models (1976) (178)
- Surface tension and the principle of corresponding states (1955) (164)
- Calculation of the diffusion coefficient of dilute gases and of the self‐diffusion coefficient of dense gases (1958) (160)
- Large-amplitude oscillatory shear flow from the corotational Maxwell model (2011) (134)
- Kinetic theory and rheology of dumbbell suspensions with Brownian motion (1971) (132)
- The Graetz-Nusselt problem for a power-law non-newtonian fluid☆ (1956) (103)
- Analytical and numerical solutions for laminar flow of the non‐Newtonian ellis fluid (1965) (98)
- A kinetic theory for polymer melts. II. The stress tensor and the rheological equation of state (1981) (92)
- Tube flow of non‐Newtonian polymer solutions: PART I. Laminar flow and rheological models (1964) (91)
- A finitely extensible bead-spring chain model for dilute polymer solutions (1991) (88)
- Dynamics of polymeric liquids. Volume 2: Kinetic Theory By R. Ryron Bird, Charles F. Curtis, Robert C. Armstrong, and Ole Hassager, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 2nd Ed., 1987, 437 + xxi pp. (1989) (87)
- An Experimental Appraisal of Viscoelastic Models (1966) (83)
- An encapsulted dumbbell model for concentrated polymer solutions and melts I. Theoretical development and constitutive equation (1983) (80)
- On coil–stretch transitions in dilute polymer solutions (1989) (79)
- Co‐rotational rheological models and the Goddard expansion (1974) (79)
- Rheological Properties of Three Solutions. Part II. Relaxation and Growth of Shear and Normal Stresses (1967) (76)
- Interactions between two spheres falling along their line of centers in a viscoelastic fluid (1977) (72)
- Non‐Newtonian Flow through Porous Media. I. Theoretical (1965) (70)
- The Third Virial Coefficient for Non‐Polar Gases (1950) (67)
- Radial flow of a Bingham fluid between two fixed circular disks (1981) (66)
- Viscous heating in the cone-and-plate viscometer—II: Newtonian fluids with temperature-dependent viscosity and thermal conductivity (1963) (66)
- Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids, Vols. 1 and 2 (1978) (63)
- Particle clusters in concentrated suspensions. 3. Prediction of suspension viscosity (1984) (59)
- Rheological analysis of stabilizing forces in wire‐coating dies (1974) (58)
- Three‐Constant Oldroyd Model for Viscoelastic Fluids (1962) (57)
- Dilute rigid dumbbell suspensions in large-amplitude oscillatory shear flow: shear stress response. (2014) (57)
- Prediction of melt elasticity from viscosity data (1974) (57)
- Multicomponent diffusion in polymeric liquids. (1996) (55)
- Non-Newtonian flow past a sphere☆ (1961) (54)
- New Variational Principle for Incompressible Non‐Newtonian Flow (1960) (54)
- A molecular dynamics calculation to confirm the incorrectness of the random‐walk distribution for describing the Kramers freely jointed bead–rod chain (1976) (51)
- Configuration-dependent friction coefficients and elastic dumbbell rheology (1985) (48)
- A kinetic theory for polymer melts. IV. Rheological properties for shear flows (1982) (47)
- Generalized Plane Couette Flow of a Non-Newtonian Fluid (1969) (46)
- The dilatational properties of suspensions of gas bubbles in incompressible newtonian and non-newtonian fluids (1978) (46)
- Particle clusters in concentrated suspensions. 1. Experimental observations of particle clusters (1984) (46)
- Transport Properties of Polymeric Liquids (1992) (46)
- A kinetic theory for polymer melts. 3. Elongational flows (1982) (45)
- Who conceived the “complex viscosity”? (2012) (45)
- Dynamics of polymeric liquids. Vol. 1, 2nd Ed. : Fluid mechanics (1987) (44)
- The equations of change and the macroscopic mass, momentum, and energy balances (1957) (43)
- Introductory Transport Phenomena (2014) (43)
- Multicomponent diffusion—A brief review (2013) (43)
- Viscous dissipation with fluid inertia in oscillatory shear flow (1999) (43)
- Elastic and inertial effects in pulsatile flow of polymeric liquids in circular tubes (1978) (41)
- From molecular models to the solution of flow problems (1988) (41)
- Anisotropic Effects in Dumbbell Kinetic Theory (1985) (40)
- Fascinating polymeric liquids (1984) (40)
- Viscous heating in large-amplitude oscillatory shear flow (2012) (40)
- A nonlinear viscoelastic model for polymer solutions and melts—II (1968) (40)
- A kinetic theory for polymer melts. V. Experimental comparisons for shear‐flow rheological properties (1982) (40)
- Complex Modulus of Concentrated Polymer Solutions in Steady Shear (1966) (39)
- A kinetic theory for polymer melts VI. calculation of additional material functions (1984) (39)
- Experimental tests of generalised newtonian models containing a zero‐shear viscosity and a characteristic time (1965) (39)
- Pressure-induced absorption I: The calculation of pressure-induced absorption in pure hydrogen and deuterium (1951) (39)
- Time‐Dependent Flows of Dilute Solutions of Rodlike Macromolecules (1972) (39)
- Polymer Fluid Dynamics: Continuum and Molecular Approaches. (2016) (38)
- Viscoelastic Hysteresis. Part I. Model Predictions (1968) (37)
- Five decades of transport phenomena (2004) (36)
- Unsteady pseudoplastic flow near a moving wall (1959) (35)
- Analysis of steady state shearing and stress relaxation in the Maxwell orthogonal rheometer (1968) (35)
- Normal stress differences in large-amplitude oscillatory shear flow for the corotational “ANSR” model (2011) (33)
- Notes on transport phenomena (1958) (31)
- Statistical mechanics of transport phenomena: Polymeric liquid mixtures (1996) (30)
- Falling cylinder viscometer for non‐Newtonian fluids (1965) (29)
- Multicomponent diffusion problems (1960) (29)
- The Feynman lectures on physics, Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, and Matthew Sands, Addison‐Wesley, Reading, Mass, Volume I, II (1964); Volume III (1965) (1964) (28)
- Normal stress differences in large-amplitude oscillatory shear flow for dilute rigid dumbbell suspensions (2015) (28)
- The Goddard expansion and the kinetic theory for solutions of rodlike macromolecules (1974) (27)
- Viscous heating effects in a cone and plate viscometer (1962) (27)
- Oscillatory Behavior of Normal Stresses in Viscoelastic Fluids (1964) (27)
- Corrigenda: “Large-amplitude oscillatory shear flow from the corotational Maxwell model” [Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics 166 (2011) 1081–1099] (2012) (27)
- Dilute solution rheology: experimental results and finitely extensible nonlinear elastic dumbbell theory (1977) (26)
- Quantum corrections to the transport coefficients of gases at high temperatures (1954) (25)
- Elastic Liquids. An Introductory Vector Treatment of Finite-Strain Polymer Rheology. (1964) (25)
- Use of simple molecular models in the study of the mechanical behavior of solutions of flexible macromolecules (1979) (24)
- Hydrodynamic Interaction Effects in Rigid Dumbbell Suspensions. I. Kinetic Theory (1971) (24)
- Estimation of the zero shear rate viscosity for dilute solutions of rigid macromolecules with complex configurations (1975) (22)
- Stress Relaxation of Solutions of Flexible Macromolecules (1972) (21)
- Kinetic theory and rheology of solutions of rigid rodlike macromolecules (1984) (20)
- Exit Effects in Non-Newtonian Liquids. An Experimental Study (1979) (20)
- Stress tensor for arbitrary flows of dilute solutions of rodlike macromolecules (1973) (20)
- Potential Flows of Dilute Polymer Solutions by Kramers' Method (1969) (19)
- Macromolecular extension in flow fields (1983) (19)
- Tangential Newtonian flow in annuli—I (1959) (19)
- A modification of the Oldroyd model for rigid dumbbell suspensions with Brownian motion (1972) (18)
- Temperature Rise in Large-Amplitude Oscillatory Shear Flow from Shear Stress Measurements (2013) (18)
- Kinetic theory of polymer melts. 7. Polydispersity effects (1986) (17)
- Erratum: Official Nomenclature of The Society of Rheology: −η″ (2011) (17)
- The Weissenberg effect at finite rod‐rotation speeds (1988) (17)
- Diffusion-stress relations in polymer mixtures (1999) (16)
- Pressure-induced absorption II: The calculation of pressure-induced absorption in hydrogen-helium mixtures (1951) (16)
- Turbulent newtonian flow in annuli (1961) (16)
- Fokker–Planck equation for the one-molecule distribution function in polymer mixtures and its solution (1997) (16)
- Effect of ring closure on rheological behavior (1987) (13)
- Non-Newtonian behavior of polymeric liquids (1983) (13)
- An exploration and further study of an enhanced Oldroyd model (2017) (12)
- Thermal conductivity of dilute solutions of chainlike polymers (1997) (12)
- FLUID MECHANICS AND THE TRANSPORT PHENOMENA (1954) (12)
- Elongational Viscosity of Viscoelastic Fluids (1965) (11)
- Elongational Viscosity of Nonlinear Elastic Dumbbell Suspensions (1971) (11)
- Kinetic Theory and Rheology of Macromolecular Solutions (2007) (11)
- Secondary flows in the disk-and-cylinder system (1966) (11)
- Nonisothermal polymeric fluids (1996) (11)
- Steady flow of an oldroyd viscoelastic fluid in tubes, slits, and narrow annuli (1962) (10)
- Molecular theory expressions for the stress tensor in flowing polymeric liquids (1985) (10)
- Some Nonlinear Viscoelastic Models with Inclusion of Results from Molecular Theory (1965) (10)
- Kinetic Theory and Constitutive Equations for Polymeric Liquids (1982) (10)
- Correlation of friction factors in non‐Newtonian flow (1956) (10)
- Slow viscoelastic radial flow between parallel disks (1977) (10)
- QUANTUM CORRECTIONS TO TRANSPORT PROPERTIES AT HIGH TEMPERATURES (1951) (9)
- INVITED REVIEW Polymer Kinetic Theories and Elongational Flowsdagger (1982) (9)
- Second-order fluid constants for freely jointed bead-rod chain suspensions (1977) (9)
- A kinetic theory of polymeric fluids (1983) (9)
- The Role of Transport Phenomena in Chemical Engineering Teaching and Research: Past, Present, and Future (1980) (8)
- Limitation on the use of the retarded motion expansion (1990) (8)
- Kinetic theory and rheology of dilute polymer solutions (1974) (8)
- Transport phenomena and thermodynamics: Multicomponent mixtures (2019) (8)
- Selected topics in transport phenomena (1965) (8)
- Correspondence. Friction Factors for Axial Non-Newtonian Annular Flow (1958) (8)
- Comment on ``Variational Principle for Non‐Newtonian Flow'' (1962) (7)
- Thermoviscoelasticity : Continuum-molecular connections (1998) (7)
- Behavior of Solutions of Linear Macromolecules in Steady Shear Flow with Superposed Oscillations (1970) (7)
- Tangential Newtonian flow in annuliII Stead state pressure profiles (1959) (6)
- Pressure-Induced Absorption in Hydrogen (1951) (6)
- A Comment on ‘‘On the corotating frame and evolution equations in kinetic theory’’ (1986) (6)
- Communication. Non-Newtonian Flow in a Rolling-Ball Viscometer (1964) (6)
- Equilibration in momentum space in the kinetic theory of polymer solutions (1984) (6)
- Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids, Volume 2: Kinetic Theory, 2nd Edition (1987) (6)
- Rheology and Kinetic Theory of Polymeric Liquids (1977) (5)
- Erratum: Three‐Constant Oldroyd Model for Viscoelastic Fluids (1963) (5)
- POLYMERIC LIQUIDS: FROM MOLECULAR MODELS TO CONSTITUTIVE EQUATIONS (1985) (5)
- Gases and Liquids (1955) (5)
- Nonequilibrium statistics of flexible macromolecules in dilute solutions. I. Macromolecular configuration (1987) (5)
- Chemical engineering education: a gallimaufry of thoughts. (2010) (4)
- A molecular interpretation of the steady state maxwell orthogonal rheometer flow (1970) (4)
- Molecular extension from the giesekus model (1986) (4)
- Polymer Fluid Dynamics. (1980) (4)
- Book Writing and Chemical Engineering Education: Rites, Rewards, and Responsibilities. (1983) (4)
- Stress Relaxation in Solutions of Linear Macromolecules (1970) (4)
- Non‐Newtonian Liquids (2007) (3)
- Unsteady multicomponent diffusional evaporation (1960) (3)
- Kinetic theory of polymeric liquids (1985) (3)
- Creep in macromolecular solutions according to rigid dumbbell kinetic theory (1971) (3)
- Analysis of steady state shearing and stress relaxation in the maxwell orthogonal rheometer: Corrigenda and addenda (1970) (3)
- SURVEY OF THE EQUATION OF STATE AND TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF GASES AND LIQUIDS (1952) (3)
- Viscosity and Other Physical Properties of Gases and Gas Mixtures (1949) (3)
- Attempts to find a molecular theory for which the high-frequency dynamic viscosity is less than the solvent viscosity (1989) (3)
- Viewpoints on transport phenomena (1998) (2)
- Professor A. S. Lodge's contributions to rheology and the University of Wisconsin (1992) (2)
- THE KRAMERS CHAIN MODEL FOR POLYMERS (1981) (2)
- Nonlinear Viscoelastic Behavior (1996) (2)
- Nonlinear partial differential equations in engineering, W. F. Ames, Academic Press, New York (1965). 511 pages + xii. 50 figures in the text (1966) (2)
- FUEL DROPLETS EVAPORATION IN A MOVING GASEOUS MEDIUM (1970) (1)
- Transport phenomena in fluids, Howard J. M. Hanley, ed., Marcel Dekker (1969).509 pages + xii. $25.50 (1970) (1)
- THE VIRIAL EQUATION OF STATE (1950) (1)
- Second Virial Coefficient for Ellipsoids with Imbedded Dipoles (1955) (1)
- The first and second laws of thermodynamics (2019) (1)
- Wave mechanics and valency, J. W. Linnett, Methuen and Company, Ltd., London, England; John Wiley and Sons, New York (1960). 184 + xii. $3.00 (1962) (1)
- Erratum: An Experimental Appraisal of Viscoelastic Models (1966) (1)
- Corrigendum to “Multicomponent diffusion—A brief review” [Adv. Water Res. 62PB (2013) 238–242] (2014) (1)
- Five Decades of Transport Phenomena (Journal Review) (2004) (1)
- A Connection Between Transport Phenomena and Thermodynamics (2017) (1)
- Restore the right priorities (1996) (1)
- Quantum theory and the equation of state (1952) (1)
- Theoretical Calculation of the Equation of State and Transport Properties of Gases and Liquids (1954) (0)
- Perspectives on Kinetic Theories of Polymer Solutions and their Use in Rheology (1980) (0)
- Quantum theory and the transport phenomena (1952) (0)
- Introduction - Molecular Physics in Chemical Engineering (1958) (0)
- The Long Chain from Kramers's Polymer Work (1989) (0)
- Laudatio for Prof.dr.ir. K.R. Westerterp (1998) (0)
- Briefs - "Communication, Non-Newtonian Flow in a Rolling Ball-Viscometer" (1964) (0)
- Some properties of polar substances: A survey (1959) (0)
- Viscoelastic behavior of polymeric liquids (1991) (0)
- Kinetic Theories for Melt Rheology (1982) (0)
- Elementary fluid mechanics. By D. J. Acheson, Oxford University Press, 1990, 397 pp. (1993) (0)
- Advances in Transport Processes, Volume I : edited by A. S. Majumdar and R. A. Mashelkar Published by Wiley Eastern Limited, New Delhi, 1980; 264 pp. (1981) (0)
- Erratum: A kinetic theory for polymer melts. IV. Rheological properties for shear flows [J. Chem. Phys. 77, 4747 (1982)] (1983) (0)
- Attempts to find a molecular theory for which the high-frequency dynamic viscosity is less than the solvent viscosity (1989) (0)
- Closure to “Discussions of ‘Theoretical Calculation of the Equation of State and Transport Properties of Gases and Liquids’” (1954, Trans. ASME, 76, p. 1038) (1954) (0)
- Chapter 4. Statistical Mechanics (1961) (0)
- Mathematical Problems in the Kinetic Theory of Polymeric Fluids (1987) (0)
- Isothermal and Non -Isothermal Flow of Non-Newtonian Fluids in Tubes (1964) (0)
- Professor James Gardner Oldroyd 1921-1982 (1984) (0)
- Erratum: Stress Relaxation of Solutions of Flexible Macromolecules (1972) (0)
- Erratum: A kinetic theory for polymer melts. V. Experimental comparisons for shear‐flow rheological properties [J. Chem. Phys. 77, 4758 (1982)] (1983) (0)
- Rerojii: Hisenkei ryūtai no rikigaku (rheology: dynamics of nonlinear fluids) : Yukio Tomita, Corona Publishing Company, Tokyo, 1975, 444 pages, (in Japanese) (1976) (0)
- Briefs - "Oscillatory Behavior of Normal Stresses in Viscoelastic Fluids" (1964) (0)
- Statistical Mechanics Deformation Ultrasonic Spectroscopy (1996) (0)
- Discussion: “The Tabulation of Imperfect-Gas Properties for Air, Nitrogen, and Oxygen” (Hall, Newman A., and Ibele, Warren E., 1954, Trans. ASME, 76, pp. 1039–1054) (1954) (0)
- Physical chemistry, G. H. Duffey, McGrow‐Hill, New York (1962). 544 pages. $8.95 (1963) (0)
- Chapter 5. The Kinetic Theory of Gases (1961) (0)
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