Industry/University Research Activity: Rheology and Mechanics of Fluids with Microstructure

测量悬浮液的流变特性 牛顿流体中的纤维。 两种技术，落球流变仪 和旋转粘度计，并将结果进行比较。 纤维体积分数、纤维长径比和纤维 将研究方向。 暂停的免费研究 主要研究者正在进行的领域， 工业和国家实验室合作。 如果时间允许， 与理论家的合作将模拟下落的球 实验 这项研究应该有助于理解流体的流动， 复杂的微观结构，例如用于制备纤维增强的 结构，并可能影响最后的结构， 产品 实验结果有可能 激励理论家们开发出不同的方法来研究 悬浮液流变学建模。

Measurements will be made of the rheological properties of suspensions of fibers in Newtonian fluids. Two techniques, falling ball rheometry and rotational viscometry, will be used and the results compared.The influence of fiber volume fraction, fiber aspect ratio, and fiber orientation will be studied. Complimentary studies for suspensions of spheres are being carried out by the principal investigator with industrial and national laboratory collaboration. If time permits, joint work with a theoretician will model the falling ball experiments. The research should assist in understanding the flow of fluids with complex microstructure such as are used in preparing fiber reinforced structures and possibly in influencing the structure of the final product. There is a possibility that the experimental results would stimulate theoreticians to develop very different approaches to the modelling of suspension rheology.