"Viscoelastic effects in glass fiber spinning."

William Schultz
Director, Fluid Dynamics Program, National Science Foundation
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
University of Michigan

Abstract
We show that viscoelastic effects are required to understand draw resonance inhibition and the attainment of high ultimate tensile strength in glass fibers.  The process is shown to not be thermo-rheologically simple. A rheological model is presented that shows some promise in modeling the fiber spinning process.

At the end, funding trends and solicitations at NSF will be discussed, especially in the areas of fluid mechanics.

 Thursday, October 18th
337 Towne Bldg.
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.