1. Basic Seminar Rheology July 1st to 2nd 2015
Agenda

2. Wednesday, July 1st 9:00 – 9:15 Welcome and Company Presentation
9:15 – 10:30 Introduction: Rheology and viscoelastic behaviour
Test methods: From empirical to absolute measurements
Definitions: Shear stress, shear rate, viscosity
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 Rotational tests and their application
Types of flow behaviour
12: :05 Short Break
12: :00 Types of flow behaviour (cont)
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:45 Time and Temperature depending flow behaviour
14:45 – 15:00 Break
15:00 – 16:00 Presentation “Measurement errors”
16:00 – 17:00 Practical Session

3. Thursday, July 2nd 09:00 – 10:00 Introduction visco-elastic behaviour
Definitions: Deformation, moduli, shear rate
Ideal elastic behaviour
Introduction to oscillatory tests
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 12:00 Oscillatory measurements and their applications
Amplitude sweep
12:00 – 12:05 Short Break
12: :00 Frequency sweep
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:45 Time-dependent visco-elastic behaviour: recovery, gelling, curing
Temperature-dependent visco-behaviour: DMTA, gelling, curing
14:45 – 15:00 Break
15:00 – 15:45 Practical Session
15:45 – 16:30 Final Discussion