U.S.-UK Dissertation Enhancement: Project Employing 3-Dimensional PIV to Study Particle Sedimentation and Migration

克莱姆森大学格雷厄姆·哈里森的研究生贾里德·塔图姆获得了这个为期一年的国际学位论文增强项目奖。其目的是派遣塔图姆先生到克兰菲尔德大学学习三维粒子图像测速(PIV)的基础知识，并将这项新技术应用于非牛顿流体力学的研究，为期三个月。他的博士论文是哈里森博士和克兰菲尔德大学劳森博士之间更大的美英合作研究项目的一部分。他们正在使用光学技术对三种不同流体中的粒子在平面垂直壁面上的沉淀和迁移进行实验研究。使用了三种不同的测试流体：牛顿参考流体(塔图姆先生的研究对象)、剪切稀化聚合物溶液和恒定(剪切)粘度的弹性液体。其目的是确定导致和导致粒子异常运动的流场特征。这一拟议的合作研究计划将促进美国研究生的培养和发展。他将学习新的光学技术，并可以在克兰菲尔德大学获得先进的设备。

0309459HarrisonThis one-year award for an international dissertation enhancement project involves Jared Tatum, a graduate student of Graham Harrison of Clemson University. The objective is to send Mr. Tatum to Cranfield University for a three-month period to learn the fundamentals of three-dimensional particle image velocimetry (PIV) and apply this new technique to research in non-Newtonian fluid mechanics. His doctoral thesis is part of a larger US-UK cooperative research project between Dr. Harrison and Dr. N. J. Lawson at Cranfield University. They are using optical techniques to experimentally investigate particle sedimentation and migration through three different fluids in the presence of a plane, vertical wall. Three different test fluids are being employed: a Newtonian reference fluid (the subject of Mr. Tatum's research), a shear-thinning polymer solution, and a constant (shear) viscosity elastic liquid. The goal is to identify the characteristics of the flow field that lead to and result from unusual motions of particles.This proposed cooperative research program will advance the training and development of an US graduate student. He will learn novel optical techniques and have access to advanced equipment at Cranfield University.