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

这项提议是为了收购粒子图像测速(PIV)系统，用于涉及复杂流体的各种研究，包括研究非牛顿流体、悬浮液和复杂几何形状中的流体流动。这些研究在整个生物学、工程学和地球物理学的应用中都是相关的。使用该仪器的研究人员将代表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(Vaidya博士，Truitt博士)、应用数学(Forgoston、Mukherjee博士、TruBatch和Yecko博士)、生物学(Vanderklein博士)、计算机科学(Robila博士)和摄影学(Schnitzer教授)。PIV系统将安装在数学系224B室的复杂流体实验室，并成为其不可分割的一部分。具体的研究对象包括(I)涡激振荡，(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PIS能够为一系列研究问题获得高质量的流动数据，这些问题的关键进展需要非侵入性获得的更多空间和时间尺度的信息。高速摄像机将提供实验上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.