John Dealy is Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at McGill University, Canada. He has developed novel new methods for measuring nonlinear viscoelasticity and wall slip of molten polymers and elastomers and is the author or coauthor of four books on polymer rheology.Daniel Read is a Reader in the School of Mathematics at the University of Leeds, UK. His research includes development of models to predict rheology of entangled molten polymers, and of models to predict molecular structure from reactor kinetics. He is coauthor of the "BoB" code for entangled polymer rheology prediction.Ronald Larson is Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan. His research interests include rheology and flow of complex fluids, molecular simulations of such materials, and polyelectrolyte interactions.

• IntroductionStructure of PolymersPolymerization Reactions and ProcessesLinear Viscoelasticity--FundamentalsLinear Viscoelasticity--Behavior of Molten PolymersTube Models for Linear Polymers--FundamentalsTube Models for Linear Polymers--Advanced TopicsDetermination of Molecular Weight Distribution Using RheologyTube Models for Branched PolymersNonlinear ViscoelasticityTube Models for Nonlinear Viscoelasticity of Linear and Branched Polymers

John Dealy is Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at McGill University, Canada. He has developed novel new methods for measuring nonlinear viscoelasticity and wall slip of molten polymers and elastomers and is the author or coauthor of four books on polymer rheology.Daniel Read is a Reader in the School of Mathematics at the University of Leeds, UK. His research includes development of models to predict rheology of entangled molten polymers, and of models to predict molecular structure from reactor kinetics. He is coauthor of the "BoB" code for entangled polymer rheology prediction.Ronald Larson is Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan. His research interests include rheology and flow of complex fluids, molecular simulations of such materials, and polyelectrolyte interactions.

• IntroductionStructure of PolymersPolymerization Reactions and ProcessesLinear Viscoelasticity--FundamentalsLinear Viscoelasticity--Behavior of Molten PolymersTube Models for Linear Polymers--FundamentalsTube Models for Linear Polymers--Advanced TopicsDetermination of Molecular Weight Distribution Using RheologyTube Models for Branched PolymersNonlinear ViscoelasticityTube Models for Nonlinear Viscoelasticity of Linear and Branched Polymers

John Dealy is Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at McGill University, Canada. He has developed novel new methods for measuring nonlinear viscoelasticity and wall slip of molten polymers and elastomers and is the author or coauthor of four books on polymer rheology.Daniel Read is a Reader in the School of Mathematics at the University of Leeds, UK. His research includes development of models to predict rheology of entangled molten polymers, and of models to predict molecular structure from reactor kinetics. He is coauthor of the "BoB" code for entangled polymer rheology prediction.Ronald Larson is Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan. His research interests include rheology and flow of complex fluids, molecular simulations of such materials, and polyelectrolyte interactions.

• IntroductionStructure of PolymersPolymerization Reactions and ProcessesLinear Viscoelasticity--FundamentalsLinear Viscoelasticity--Behavior of Molten PolymersTube Models for Linear Polymers--FundamentalsTube Models for Linear Polymers--Advanced TopicsDetermination of Molecular Weight Distribution Using RheologyTube Models for Branched PolymersNonlinear ViscoelasticityTube Models for Nonlinear Viscoelasticity of Linear and Branched Polymers