MRI-R2: Acquisition of Endoscopic Particle Image Velocimetry System and Multiprocessor Computer for Fluid Mechanics Research

0959915Wootton“该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。”将获得一个内窥镜粒子图像测速系统和多处理器计算机，用于库珀联盟的机械和生物医学工程流体力学研究和项目。PIV系统设计用于可视化和测量气体或液体的稳定和非稳定流动中的二维速度和湍流场，采样率高达每秒15场，在受限光学访问的内部流动装置中。传统的光片光学将用于风洞和其他光学实验。多处理器计算机是一个定制的16核工作站，具有64 GB RAM，专为大型计算流体动力学模型模拟而设计。这些强大的工具将用于培养硕士生和本科生在流体力学研究方面的实验和计算方法，在各种项目中，包括阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停中上呼吸道刚性和可变形模型的流体力学，慢性循环缺氧研究设备的流体力学，改善均匀装能压缩点火发动机的气缸内流动特性以减少碳氢化合物排放，以及各种本科汽车和风洞项目。本科生将在流体力学和实验课程中接触到PIV，并能够接受培训并将PIV应用于研究和设计项目。学习计算流体动力学课程的学生将会被引入并行处理，并有机会在课程项目和研究项目中使用多处理器工作站。

0959915Wootton"This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)."An endoscopic particle image velocimetry (PIV) system and multiprocessor computer will be acquired for mechanical and biomedical engineering fluid mechanics research and projects at the Cooper Union. The PIV system is designed for visualizing and measuring two-dimensional velocity and turbulence fields in steady and unsteady flows of gas or liquid, at sample rates up to 15 fields per second, in internal flow devices with restricted optical access. Conventional light sheet optics will be acquired for use in wind tunnels and other optically accessible experiments. The multiprocessor computer is a custom 16-core workstation with 64 GB of RAM, designed for large computational fluid dynamics model simulations. These powerful tools will be used to train masters and undergraduate students in fluid mechanics research using both experimental and computational methods, in a variety of projects, including fluid mechanics of rigid and deformable models of the upper airway in obstructive sleep apnea, fluid mechanics of chronic cyclic hypoxia research equipment, improved in-cylinder flow characteristics in homogeneous charge compression ignition engines to reduce hydrocarbon emissions, and a variety of undergraduate automotive and wind tunnel projects. Undergraduate students will be exposed to PIV in required fluid mechanics and lab courses, and will be able to receive training and apply PIV to research and design projects. Students taking computational fluid dynamics courses will be introduced to parallel processing and have the opportunity to use the multiprocessor workstation during course projects as well as research projects.