MRI: Acquisition of an Imaging System for the Study of Complex Fluids

该提案是为了获取一个粒子图像测速（PIV）系统，用于各种涉及复杂流体的研究，包括研究非牛顿流体的流动，悬浮液和复杂几何形状的流体流动。这些研究在整个生物学、工程学和地球物理学中都有相关的应用。使用该仪器的研究人员代表了蒙特克莱尔州立大学科学与数学学院和艺术与设计学院的不同学科，如物理学（博士）。Vaidya,Truitt)，应用数学(博士。Forgoston、Mukherjee、Trubatch和Yecko)、生物学（Vanderklein博士）、计算机科学（Robila博士）和摄影（Schnitzer教授）。PIV系统将被安置在数学科学系224B室的复杂流体实验室中，并成为该实验室不可分割的一部分。研究的具体目标包括：(i)涡旋诱导振荡，（ii）铁磁流体和液晶的流动，（iii）地球物理流动和（iv）植物中的流动。PIV系统将使pi能够获得高质量的流量数据，用于一系列研究问题，这些问题的关键进展需要更多的空间和时间尺度信息，这些数据可以非侵入性地获得。高速相机将提供实验相关的流动模式的时间跟踪。

This proposal is for the acquisition of a Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) system for a variety of studies involving complex fluids including investigating flows of non-Newtonian fluids, suspensions and fluid flow in complex geometries. These studies are pertinent in applications throughout biology, engineering and geophysics. The investigators who will utilize this instrument represent different disciplines within the College of Science and Mathematics and also Art & Design at Montclair State University such as Physics (Drs. Vaidya,Truitt), Applied Mathematics(Drs. Forgoston, Mukherjee, Trubatch and Yecko), Biology (Dr. Vanderklein), Computer Science (Dr. Robila ) and Photography (Prof. Schnitzer). The PIV system will be housed in and become an integral part of the Complex Fluids Lab in room 224B of the Mathematical Sciences department. The specific targets for study include (i) vortex induced oscillations, (ii) flows of ferromagnetic fluids and liquid crystals, (iii) geophysical flows and (iv) flow in plants. The PIV system will enable the PIs to obtain high quality flow data for a set of research problems where critical progress demands more information on spatial and temporal scales, obtained non-invasively. The high speed camera will provide experimentally relevant temporal tracking of flow patterns.