Enigneering Research Equipment Grant: Vibration Isolation Table Power Amplifiers Microprocessors

本项目提供资源，采购设备， 机电器件研究和接触物理研究。 该设备包括隔振台、功率放大器、 和信号处理计算机。 两个研究项目将受益 从设备的可用性。 第一个是关于振动控制的发展 用于支撑超精密系统（激光）的结构的方法 支架、精密加工系统、导航陀螺仪等）。 振动隔离台提供了一个安静的环境， 与这个项目相关的超精密实验 述的方法 利用材料的磁致伸缩特性， 铁和稀土金属。 第二个项目的重点是 理解热弹性摩擦学现象 不稳定性，从而电机电刷和转子之间的滑动接触 发生在刷上的微观表面凸起（热土丘）上 脸上 土丘倾向于在一个未知的刷面移动 格局 这项研究旨在预测这个热丘 议案 该设备也将用于一般摩擦学 强调电接触的研究。

This project provides resources to procure equipment to support electromechanical devices research and contact physics research. The equipment comprises a vibration isolation table, power amplifiers and a signal processing computer. Two research projects will benefit from the availability of the equipment. The first is concerned with the development of a vibration control method for structures which support ultra precise systems (laser mounts, precise machining systems, navigational gyroscopes, etc). The vibration isolation table provides a quiescent environment for ultra precise experiments associated with this project. The method takes advantage of the magnetostrictive properties of materials made of iron and rare earth metals. The second project focuses on understanding the tribological phenomenon of thermoelastic instability, whereby sliding contact between a motor brush and rotor occurs over microscopic surface bumps (thermal mounds) on the brush face. The mound tends to move over the brush face in an unknown pattern. The research is directed at predicting this thermal mound motion. The equipment will also be used for general tribology research which emphasizes electrical contacts.