Contact Information
3004 Engineering Hall
1415 Engineering Drive
Madison, WI 53706-1691 Tel: 608/262-5920
Fax: 608/262-5434
E-mail:
bird@engr.wisc.edu
Program Affiliations
* Chemical and Biological Engineering
* Rheology Research Center
Education
* Student, Chemical Engineering, University of Maryland at College Park (1941-1943)
* B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1947)
* PhD, Physical Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1950)
* Postdoctoral Fellow, Instituut voor Theoretische Fysica, Universiteit van Amsterdam (1950-1951)
Fields of Interest
* transport phenomena
* polymer fluid dynamics
* polymer kinetic theory
* rheology
Publications
* Curtiss, C.F. and R.B. Bird, "Diffusion-stress relations in polymeric mixtures," J. Chem. Phys., 111, 10362-10370 (1999)
* Curtiss, C.F. and R.B.Bird, "Multicomponent diffusion," Ind. Eng. Chem. Research, 38, 2515-2522 (1999); 40, 1791 (2001)
* Bird, R.B., "Viewpoints on transport phenomena," Korean J. Chem. Eng.", 15, 105-123 (1998)
* Bird, R.B., "On classroom teaching and textbook writing (An example: the macroscopic mechanical energy balance," The Chemical Engineering Academy, The University of Missouri-Rolla (1998)
* Bird, R.B. and M.D. Graham, "General Equations of Newtonian Fluid Dynamics," Chapter 3 of The Handbook of Fluid Dynamics, Richard W. Johnson, Editor, CRC Press, Boca Raton (1998)
* Curtiss, C.F. and R.B. Bird, "Fokker-Planck equation for the one-molecule distribution function in polymer mixtures and its solution," J. Chem. Phys., 106, 9899-9921 (1997)
* Curtiss, C. F. and R.B. Bird, "Thermal conductivity of dilute solutions of chainlike polymers," J. Chem. Phys., 107, 5254-5267 (1997)
* Curtiss, C.F. and R.B. Bird, "Statistical Mechanics of Transport Phenomena: Polymeric Liquid Mixtures," Advances in Polymer Science, 125, 1-101 (1996)
* Curtiss, C.F. and R.B. Bird, "Multicomponent Diffusion in Polymeric Liquids," Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 93, 7440-7445 (1996)
* Bird, R.B. and C.F. Curtiss, "Nonisothermal Polymeric Fluids," Rheol. Acta, 35, 103-109 (1996)
* Bird, R.B. and J.M. Wiest, "Constitutive Equations for Polymeric Liquids," Annual Revs. of Fluid Mechanics, 27, 169-193 (1995)
* Bird, R.B. and J.M. Wiest, "Non-Newtonian Liquids," Chapter 3, pp. 223-302, Vol. 1, Handbook of Fluid Dynamics and Fluid Machinery, J.A. Schetz and A.E. Fuhs, Eds., Wiley-Interscience, New York (1996)
* Bird, R.B. and H.C. �ttinger, "Transport properties of polymeric liquids," Ann. Revs. Phys. Chem., 54, 371-406 (1992)
* Wiest, J.M, L.E. Wedgewood, and R.B. Bird, "On the coil-stretch transition in dilute polymer solutions," J. Chem. Phys., 90, 587-594 (1989)
* Bird, R.B., G. Dai, and B. J. Yarusso, "The rheology and flow of viscoplastic materials," Reviews in Chemical Engineering, 1, 1-70 (1982)
* Curtiss, C.F. and R.B. Bird, "A kinetic theory for polymer melts, Parts I and II," J. Chem. Phys., 74, 2016-2025, 2026-2023 (1981)
* Saab, H.H., R.B. Bird, and C.F. Curtiss, "A kinetic theory for polymer melts, Part V," J. Chem. Phys., 77, 4758-4766 (1982)
* Prud'homme, R.K. and R.B. Bird, "The dilatational viscosity of suspensions of gas bubbles in incompressible Newtonian and non-Newtonian liquids," J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, 3, 261-279 (1978)
* Tadmor, Z. and R.B. Bird, "Rheological analysis of stabilizing forces in wire-coating dies," Polymer Engineering and Science, 14, 124-136 (1974)
* Bird, R.B., H.R. Warner, and D.C. Evans, "Kinetic theory and rheology of dumbbell suspensions with Brownian motion," Fortschritte der Hochpolymeren-Forschung, 8, 1-90 (1971)
* Bird, R.B., E.N. Lightfoot, and W.E. Stewart, "Sommaire des formules th�oriques �l�mentaires pour le transfer de mati�re," Chimie et Industrie, G�nie Chimique, 100, 1741-1754 (1968)
* Hill, C.T., J.D. Huppler, and R.B Bird, "Secondary flows in the disk-and-cylinder system," Chem. Eng. Sci., 11 815-817 (1966)
* Bird, R.B., "Zur Theorie der W�rme�bertragung an nicht-Newtonsche Fl�ssigkeiten bei laminarer Rohrstr�mung," Chemie-Ingenieurtechnik 31, 569-572 (1959)
Selected Awards, Honors and Societies
* National Medal of Science (1987)
* Member, National Academy of Engineering (1969)
* Member, National Academy of Sciences (1989)
* Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1981)
* Fellow, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters (1982)
* Foreign Member, Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (1981)
* Foreign Member, Royal Belgian Academy of Sciences (1994)
* Fellow, American Academy of Mechanics (1983)
* Fellow, American Physical Society (1970)
* Honorary Member (Meiy� Kaiin) of the Society of Chemical Engineers Japan (Kagaku K�gakkai) (1990)
* Special Member of Rakus� Kai, Chemical Engineering Department, Ky�to University (1999)
* American Institute of Chemical Engineers: Warren K. Lewis Award (1974), Professional Progress Award (1965), William H. Walker Award (1962), Founders Award (1989), Institute Lecturer Award (1991).
* Society of Rheology: Bingham Medal (1974)
* American Society of Engineering Education: Curtiss-McGraw Award (1959), Westinghouse Award (1960), Corcoran Award (1987, 1994), Centennial Medallion (1993)
* Society of Engineering Science: Eringen Award (1983)
* College of Engineering, University of Maryland: Centennial Medallion (1994), Distinguished Alumni Award (1997), Engineering Innovation Hall of Fame Award (1997)
* University of Illinois: LAS Achievement Award (1989)
* University of Wisconsin: Benjamin Smith Reynolds Award (1986); Hilldale Award (1989)
* HONORARY DOCTORATES: Lehigh University (1972); Washington University (1973); Technische Universiteit Delft (1977); Clarkson University (1979); Colorado School of Mines (1986); Technion--Israel Inst of Technology (1993); Eidgen�ssische Technische Hochschule, Z�rich (1994); Ky�to University (1996); Texas A&M University (1999)
Books
* "Molecular Theory of Gases and Liquids," by J. O. Hirschfelder, C. F. Curtiss, and R. B. Bird, Wiley, New York (1954, revised 1964)--Russian translation
* "Transport Phenomena," by R. B. Bird, W. E. Stewart, and E. N. Lightfoot, Wiley, New York (1960)--Spanish, Italian, Czech, Russian, and Chinese translations, 62nd printing (2001); 2nd edition (2002) [Corrigenda (pdf) (ps), as of 16 Oct 2001] [Additional corrigenda (pdf) (ps), since 2nd printing, as of 15 April 2002] [Additional corrigenda (pdf) (ps), since 3rd and 4th printing, as of 11 December 2003] [Additional corrigenda (pdf), since 3rd and 4th printing, as of 19 August 2004] [Additional corrigenda (pdf), since 5th printing, as of 3 February 2005] [Additional corrigenda (pdf), since 7th printing, as of 5 November 2005] [Additional corrigenda (pdf), since 7th and 8th printing, as of 6 June 2006] [Additional corrigenda (pdf), since Revised Second Edition, 1st printing, as of 14 August 2007]
* "Een Goed Begin," by R. B. Bird and W. Z. Shetter, Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague (1963, 2nd edition 1978)
* "Comprehending Technical Japanese," by E. E. Daub, R. B. Bird, and N. Inoue, University of Wisconsin Press and University of Tokyo Press (1975)--Chinese translation
* "Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids, Vol. 1, Fluid Dynamics," by R. B. Bird, R. C. Armstrong, and O. Hassager, Wiley, New York (1977, 2nd edition 1987)
* "Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids, Vol. 2, Kinetic Theory," by R. B. Bird, C. F. Curtiss, R. C. Armstrong, and O. Hassager, Wiley, New York (1977, 2nd edition 1987)
* "Reading Dutch: Fifteen Annotated Stories from the Low Countries," by W. Z. Shetter and R. B. Bird, Martinus Nijhoff, Leiden (1985)
* "Basic Technical Japanese," by E. E. Daub, R. B. Bird, and N. Inoue, University of Wisconsin Press and University of Tokyo Press (1990)
* "Technical Japanese Supplements: Polymer Science and Engineering," by R. B. Bird and S. Floyd, University of Wisconsin Press and University of Tokyo Press (1995)
Summary
Professor Bird is co-author (with R. C. Armstrong, O. Hassager, and C.F. Curtiss) of the two-volume treatise Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids which appeared in a second edition in 1987. The first volume deals with continuum mechanics, fluid dynamics, and rheological properties; its main aim is to enable polymer scientists and engineers to solve flow problems by using rheological data. The second volume treats the statistical mechanics, kinetic theory and molecular modeling of polymer solutions and undiluted polymers, and the relation of these topics to the continuum formalisms; the goal is to provide scientists with an understanding of rheological phenomena in terms of the mechanical behavior of the constituent molecules. Bird's recent interests have been in the development of constitutive equations from the kinetic theory of polymers, using mechanical models to describe the dynamics of polymer motion.
Review articles dealing with this topic are: R.B. Bird and H.C. Oettinger, "Transport Properties of Polymeric Liquids," Ann. Rev. Phys. Chem., 43, 371-406 (1992); R.B. Bird and J.M. Wiest, "Constitutive Equations for Polymeric Liquids," Ann. Rev. Fluid Mech., 27, 169-193 (1995); R. B. Bird, C. F. Curtiss, R. C. Armstrong, and O. Hassager, "Nonlinear Viscoelastic Behavior," Chapter 8 in Comprehensive Polymer Science, Volume 2, Pergamon Press (1989). C. F. Curtiss And R. B. Bird, "Statistical Mechanics And Transport Phenomena: Polymeric Liquid Mixtures," Advances In Polymer Physics (1996)
Other major works related to rheology co-authored by Professor Bird are Molecular Theory of Gases and Liquids (by J. O. Hirschfelder, C. F. Curtiss, and R. B. Bird) and Transport Phenomena (by R. B. Bird, W. E. Stewart, and E. N. Lightfoot). The latter contains a concise and popular introduction to the subject of rheology. The English language edition went through over 60 printings and sold over 200,000 copies. Transport Phenomena has also been published in Spanish, Italian, Czech, Russian and Chinese. The second edition appeared in the summer of 2001.
Professor C.F. Curtiss (of the Theoretical Chemistry Institute) and Professor Bird are currently working on further developments of the fundamentals of the kinetic theory of polymers as presented in Dynamics of Polymeric Liquids. They have extended the kinetic theory to include the heat flux vector (and the thermal conductivity tensor) and the mass flux vector (and the mass diffusion tensor). This provides stress-thermal and stress-diffusion relations for some simple kinetic theory models. Furthermore they have derived extended Maxwell-Stefan equations for describing multicomponent diffusion in polymeric liquids.
Professor Bird has taught twice at the Technical University of Delft, first in 1958 and then again in the spring of 1994 when he was the first J.M. Burgers Professor. In the fall of 1994 he was a Visiting Professor at Universite Catholique de Louvain in Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium. Earlier, in 1962-1963 he was a Fulbright Professor at Kyoto University and Nagoya University in Japan
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