James G. Oldroyd 1779027 181665547 2008-01-02T19:02:07Z Canadian Paul 174430 Tag {{Unreferenced|date=January 2008}} '''James G. Oldroyd''' is a former President of the British Society of [[Rheology]]. He formulated the [[Oldroyd-B model]] to describe the [[viscoelastic]] behaviour of [[non-Newtonian fluid]]s. Oldroyd was professor of [[mathematics]] at the [[University of Wales, Swansea]] from [[1953]] until [[1965]] and head of the applied mathematics department from [[1957]] until 1965. {{UK-mathematician-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Oldroyd, James G.}} [[Category:Year of birth missing]] [[Category:British mathematicians]] [[Category:20th century mathematicians]] [[Category:Possibly living people]]