Nordic Rheology Conference 2006

The NRC2006 was held at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm on June 12-14.

Scope and theme  

The special theme for NRC'2006 is "Heterogeneous systems," i.e. suspensions and emulsions relating to food, polymers, pharmaceuticals, coatings, muds, cements etc. The pulp and paper industry is important in the Nordic countries and special attention was therefore, for the first time, given to this field. .

Sponsor 

  • Thermo Haake

  • TA Instruments

Invited lecturers  

Prof Ann-Christine Albertsson at Polymer Technology, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden, works with natural polymers and is the editor of Biomacromolecules. She has e.g. worked with artificial skin, and gave an overview lecture of rheological aspects of production and function of artificial organs. Prof Lars Berglund at Leightweight Structures, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden gave a lecture about rheological aspects of fibre composites. Prof Geoffrey Duffy at Chemical Engineering, University of Auckland, New Zealand, has made numerous contributions to fibre flow which also was covered by his plenary lecture. Prof Theo van de Ven, at Chemical Engineering, MC Gill University, Montreal, Canada is the author of the monograph Colloidal Microhydrodynamics. His lecture gave an overview of the microrheological tradition. Prof emeritus Börje Steenberg gave an historical overview of the development of rheology within the paper field.

Conference programme  

 

Full course and conference programme

 

Table of content for the symposium

 

 INVITED PAPERS

Rheomembrances, B. Steenberg

Interactions between fibers and colloidal particles subjected to flow, T. G. M. van de Ven

Measurements, mechanisms and models: Some important insights into the mechanisms of flow of fibre suspensions, G. G. Duffy

Rheology of polymer nanocomposites - are there unique effects for exploitation, L. A. Berglund

Rheological aspects of biomedical materials, A. -C Albertsson

 

RHEOLOGY OF FIBRE SUSPENSIONS

Fibre flow research history: Part I. Background and beginning, U. Björkman

Characterization of non-Newtonian fluid models for wood fiber suspensions in laminar and turbulent flows, J. -P. T. Huhtanen and R. J. Karvinen

On fibre flocculation in turbulent pulp flow, M.S. Nigam

The metarheology of crowded fibre suspensions, U. Björkman

Visualization of the flow of a papermaking suspension in an axisymmetric sudden expansion using emission tomography, S. Heath, K. Buckley, M. Martinez, S. Lapi, J. Olson and T. Ruth

The wall effect on the orientation of fibres in a shear flow, A. Carlsson, F. Lundell and D. Söderberg

Out-of-plane rheological behaviour of paper: the effect of furnish composition, basis weight and drying shrinkage, T. Ponkkala, V. Kunnari and E. Retulainen

 

RHEOLOGY OF SUSPENSIONS

The influence of entrapped air on rheological properties of cement suspensions in early state of hydration, H. Hodne, V. Falkeid and A. Saasen

Preliminary results on rheological and damping properties of nanoparticle-reinforced materials, M. V. Kireitseu

A device to measure flow behaviour of settling particle slurries, N. Tommukayakul, J.F. Morris, R.G. Morgan and R. L. Morgan

Rheological properties of carbomer dispersions, K. Al-Malah

 

GENERAL RHEOLOGY

Extensional rheology of cereal protein systems, M. Stading, A. Oom, A. Pettersson and S. Edrud

Rheological challenges in automotive production, M. Schmidt and G. Strannhage

Determination of the entrance pressure drop in capillary rheometry using Bagley correction and zero-length capillary, J. Aho and S. Syrjälä

Simultaneous use of PIV and UVP to measure velocity profiles and turbulence in jet flow. A. H. Rabenjafimanantsoa, R. W. Time and A. Saasen

Characterization and rheological properties of waxy oils, S. Chen, G. Øye and J. Sjöblom

High pressure hydrate detection in a stirred vessel, R.B. Schüller, J. Funner, V. Mathiesen, I. Gjermundsen and H.K. Kvandal

Back extrusion of Vočadlo (Robertson-Stiff) fluids - semi-analytical solution P. Filip, J. David and R. Pivokonsky

Rubber technology: Past, present, future M.Bellander, L. Kari, S. Persson and B. Stenberg

An Approach to assess the rheological behavior relevant to the intumescence process of polyolefin-chalck-silicone elastomer formulations. R. Krämer and U. W. Gedde

Quantifying tailing in liquid confectonery fillings using texture analysis and etensional viscosity N. W. G Young

 

INSTRUMENTS AND METHODS

Rheo small angle light scattering (Rheo-SALS) and rheo-microscopy as tools for investigations of structure- property relations in complex fluids, J. Läuger and P. Heyer

A calibration method for a nwe type of rheometer C. Salas-Bringas, W. K. Jeksrud, O.-I . Lekang and R. B. Schüller

Measurements on selected (semi)-solids in a wide temperature range using new solid clamps. K. Oldörp, C. Küchenmeister, J. Nijman
 

 POSTERS

Use of the Du Noüy ring with a rotational rheometer to measure interfacial rheological properties B. Costella, P. Hodder and A. Franck

Linear and non-linear rheology of a model wormlke micellar solution S. Edrud, CJ. Pipe and G. McKinley

Swelling properties of spray-dried powders made of starch and poly(vinyl alcohol) A. Jansson and L. Järnström

Rheologycal behavior of CNT-reinforced damping materials M. V. Kireitseu, L.V. Bochkareva and D. Hui

Fatigue characterization of asphalt concrete ursing Schapery´s work potential model R. Lundström and J. Ekblad

Viscosity of enzymatically-exracted potato fibres in fruit juices. S.L. Mason, L. Degutyté-Fomins and A.S. Meyer

Rheological properties of African prolamin systems A. Oom, S. Edrud, A. Pettersson, J. Taylor and M. Stading

Rheological characterization of two petroleum waxes M. Petersson, I. Gustafson and M. Stading

Rheological behavior of polypropylene/organoclay composites N. Ristolainen, T. Saarinen and J. Seppälä
 

 

Exhibitors  

  • VIDIX - Visible Dynamics AB

  • JK Lab Instrument AB

  • Instrument & Calibration Sweden AB

  • Calibre Control International Ltd

  • Oleinitec

Stockholm  

Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. The historic and also modern city centre is located on islands between the Baltic Sea and Lake Malaren. The land scape around Stockholm was formed by the last glacial period ending about 1O 000 years ago, which created the thousands of lakes and about 10 000 islands in the archipelago. The city is about 1000 years old and has always been a commercial and political centre. The surroundings of Stockholm (Mälardalen, Roslagen, Södertörn) are full of historic sites. The cultural and tourist activities in the Stockholm region during the summer period are abundant. Search the web. The traditional Swedish midsummer festivities take place around June 23rd.

 

 

The small Ytterby mine at Resarö is a scientific "Historical landmark." Here most elements have been found in one and the same place; Yttrium, Terbium, Ytterbium, Erbium, Holmium, Scandium and Thulium. Holmiae is Latin for Stockholm and Ultima Thule an old designation for Scandinavia. Take bus 670 from KTH to Engarn, change to bus 682 to Ytterby. Bus traveltime 39 min.Promenade ca 15 min.

 

 

Organizing committee 

NRC'2006 was organized by Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, Royal Institute of Technology. The organizing committee consisted of Ulf Björkman (chairman), Sigbritt Karlsson and Mats Johansson, KTH, and Mats Stading and Carina Mogren SIK (web information).

Royal Institute of Technology
  Previous conferences

NRC 2006, Stockholm
 NRC 2005, Tampere
 NRC 2004, Reykjavik
NRC 2003, Tórshavn
NRC 2002, Göteborg
NRC 2001, Trondheim
NRC 2000, Helsinki
NRC 1999, Copenhagen
NRC 1998, Lund
NRC 1997, Reykjavik

List of invited speakers 1992-2006