COURSE CODE: FST 310
COURSE TITLE: Food Rheology
NUMBER OF UNITS: 2 Units
COURSE DURATION: Two hours per week
COURSE DETAILS:
Course Coordinator: Dr. A.A. Adebowale, B.Sc., M.Sc., PhD
Email: deboraz2002@yahoo.com , waletosin@hotmail.com
Office Location: Food Science and Technology Department, COLFHEC
Other Lecturers:
COURSE SYNOPSIS
Deformation elasticity and flow; shear, Newtonian and Non-Newtonian flow; viscometry of fluid food materials, dilute and concentrated food suspensions; sedimentation; rheopexy (thixotrophy); viscoelasticity. Dynamics of fluid flow applications. Flow in a curved path, radial flow, vortex free and forced vortex flow. Real and ideal fluids, velocity distribution, boundary layer and separation. Frictional losses in flow through pipes, fittings, bends and drag, etc
