7. Glossary

Complaisance d'équilibre; steady-state equilibrium compliance

Complacency associated with the recoverable elastic component in a viscoelastic fluid in stationary flow.

Shear stress; shear stress

Stress acting tangentially to the surface concerned.

Normal stress; normal stress

Stress acting perpendicular to the surface concerned.

Courbe d'écoulement; flow curve

Curve representing the variation of shear stress with shear rate gradient. By extension, curve representing the variation of shear viscosity with shear rate gradient.

Chain dynamics

Study of phenomena linked to molecular movement in polymers.

Weissenberg effect; Weissenberg effect...