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Scott
Post, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics, MTU |
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Edward
Nadgorny, Physics, MTU |
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Ibrahim
Miskioglu, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics, MTU |
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William
Endres, Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics, MTU |
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Jaroslaw
Drelich, Materials Science and Engineering, MTU |
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Abstract |
An example of pictures
shot with the camera.
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The high resolution electronic non-intensified CCD camera system is able to take pictures on small length scales and
resolve small time scales for a variety of engineering applications. This
camera has the capability to take sixteen 640 by 512 pixel images at
frequencies as high as 1 million frames per second. This will allow physical processes
that occur on the microsecond time scale to be observed. Standard
microscope lenses may be attached to the camera, allowing for micron
resolution. This camera can either trigger the event being studied, or it
can be triggered by the external event. The camera is portable, requiring
only a 120 V power outlet to operate. A flashlamp is currently used for
illumination, but laser illumination is also possible.
Research faculty and graduate students from various departments
across Michigan Technological University (MTU) will be utilizing the
camera system in their research to resolve small time and length scale
processes. The proposed list of research activities address issues dealing
with spray drop coalescence, fabrication of nano-materials from drops of
liquid-solid suspensions, chip formation in machining, coalescence of
viscous polymer materials, the spreading kinetics of low viscosity
liquids, and collisions in sprays. In all the proposed activities the
camera system is expected to yield significant insight into the relevant
fundamental processes. With continuously growing research activity at MTU,
it is anticipated that the proposed camera system will be utilized to its
fullest capacity to investigate the behavior of materials at microsecond
time scales and micrometer length scales.
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high speed photography, liquid drops, microsecond time scale
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