MRI: Apparatus for High Resolution Real-Time Acoustic Imaging of Rayleigh-Benard Convection in Liquid Mercury

这项来自主要研究仪器（MRI）计划的奖项为威斯康星州路德学院提供了部分支持，用于开发超声成像系统，以研究不透明，低普朗特数液体中的瑞利-贝纳德对流。磁共振成像计划支持主要设备的采购，能源部的基础能源科学支持人力资源。 超声成像装置的成功操作有可能发展成为一个更广泛的研究计划，解决在热或磁应力下合金，铁磁流体，不透明凝胶和液体金属中的图案形成问题;这些问题对地球科学家和材料科学家都具有实际意义。除了推进基础知识和理解，该项目将作为一个工具，教科学推理和技术技能，最多五个本科生在四年的过程中。最后，该项目将通过支持开发一种主要的科学仪器和购买可用于本科实验物理课程的辅助科学硬件，加强一所小型文理学院的研究和教学基础设施。该项目为威斯康星州路德学院开发超声成像系统提供部分支持，用于研究不透明、低普朗特数液体中的瑞利-贝纳德对流。磁共振成像计划支持主要设备的采购，能源部的基础能源科学支持人力资源。 超声成像装置的成功操作有可能发展成为一个更广泛的研究计划，解决在热或磁应力下合金，铁磁流体，不透明凝胶和液体金属中的图案形成问题;这些问题对地球科学家和材料科学家都具有实际意义。除了推进基础知识和理解，该项目将作为一个工具，教科学推理和技术技能，最多五个本科生在四年的过程中。最后，该项目将通过支持开发一种主要的科学仪器和购买可用于本科实验物理课程的辅助科学硬件，加强一所小型文理学院的研究和教学基础设施。

This award from the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program provides partial support to Wisconsin Lutheran College in the development of an ultrasonic imaging system for investigating Rayleigh-Benard convection in opaque, low Prandtl number liquids. The MRI program supports the acquisition of the major equipment the Basic Energy Sciences at the Department of Energy supports the manpower. Successful operation of the ultrasonic imaging apparatus has the potential to develop into a much broader research program addressing problems in pattern formation in alloys, Ferro fluids, opaque gels, and liquid metals under thermal or magnetic stresses; such problems are of practical interest to both earth scientists and materials scientists. Aside from advancing fundamental knowledge and understanding, the project will serve as a vehicle for teaching scientific reasoning and technical skills to up to five undergraduate students over the course of four years. Finally, the project will strengthen the research and teaching infrastructure at a small liberal arts college by supporting the development of a major piece of scientific apparatus and the acquisition of auxiliary scientific hardware that can be used in undergraduate experimental physics courses.This award from the Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program provides partial support to Wisconsin Lutheran College in the development of an ultrasonic imaging system for investigating Rayleigh-Benard convection in opaque, low Prandtl number liquids. The MRI program supports the acquisition of the major equipment the Basic Energy Sciences at the Department of Energy supports the manpower. Successful operation of the ultrasonic imaging apparatus has the potential to develop into a much broader research program addressing problems in pattern formation in alloys, Ferro fluids, opaque gels, and liquid metals under thermal or magnetic stresses; such problems are of practical interest to both earth scientists and materials scientists. Aside from advancing fundamental knowledge and understanding, the project will serve as a vehicle for teaching scientific reasoning and technical skills to up to five undergraduate students over the course of four years. Finally, the project will strengthen the research and teaching infrastructure at a small liberal arts college by supporting the development of a major piece of scientific apparatus and the acquisition of auxiliary scientific hardware that can be used in undergraduate experimental physics courses.