Research Equipment: Rheological Mechanical Spectrometer forMultiphase and Polymer Systems

正在获得一种流变谱仪，以更新和扩展目前正在研究的各种工程流程中的流变学测量。液晶聚合物流体用于制备在高温下具有高机械强度的固体、用于制造复合材料、用于凝胶和用于在加工过程中可能发生相变的体系的浓缩悬浮液的加工科学的发展，需要解决一系列有价值的科学和工程挑战。其中包括相关流变性的测量和在各种工程流型中流体响应的研究之间的仔细耦合。

A rheological spectrometer is being obtained to update and extend rheological measurements in a variety of engineering flows currently under study. Development of a processing science for liquid crystalline polymeric fluids used to fabricate solids having great mechanical strength at elevated temperatures, for concentrated suspensions used to fabricate composite materials, for gels, and for systems in which phase changes may occur during processing, requires resolution of a series of worthwhile scientific and engineering challenges. These include a careful coupling between measurement of the relevant rheological properties and studies of the fluid response in a variety of flow configurations of engineering interest.