1 The polysaccharides: sources and structures.- 2 Industrial applications of polysaccharides.- 3 Rheology.- 4 Rheology of polysaccharide systems.- 5 Rheometry.- Appendix A: review of elementary matrix, vector and tensor algebra.- Appendix B: derivation of the rate of deformation tensor.- Appendix C: the Criminale-Ericksen-Filbey (or CEF) equation.- Appendix D: correlation between relaxation modulus and material functions.

1 The polysaccharides: sources and structures.- 2 Industrial applications of polysaccharides.- 3 Rheology.- 4 Rheology of polysaccharide systems.- 5 Rheometry.- Appendix A: review of elementary matrix, vector and tensor algebra.- Appendix B: derivation of the rate of deformation tensor.- Appendix C: the Criminale-Ericksen-Filbey (or CEF) equation.- Appendix D: correlation between relaxation modulus and material functions.

1 The polysaccharides: sources and structures.- 2 Industrial applications of polysaccharides.- 3 Rheology.- 4 Rheology of polysaccharide systems.- 5 Rheometry.- Appendix A: review of elementary matrix, vector and tensor algebra.- Appendix B: derivation of the rate of deformation tensor.- Appendix C: the Criminale-Ericksen-Filbey (or CEF) equation.- Appendix D: correlation between relaxation modulus and material functions.