Compressibility of viscoelastic fluid-filled membranes
Department
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Major
Mechanical Engineering
Research Advisor
Wan, Kai-tak
Advisor's Department
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Funding Source
UMR Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experiences (OURE) Program
Abstract
Many of the organic bodies in everyday life, such as embryos, cells, and even eyes, can be model as viscoelastic fluid-filled membranes. Throughout each of these bodies lifespan, their daily functions include a plethora of mechanical activities like adhesion to other bodies or resistance to puncture. Because of this, it is desirable to have the mechanical properties or to be able to quantify the properties of these vessels for the use in mathematical models. This research will rid these mathematical models of some poor assumptions, and also help in the technique in collecting properties of these membranes.
Biography
Wyatt is a senior attending the University of Missouri--Rolla majoring in Mechanical Engineering. He is the son of Dale and Tammy Davenport and is from Chillicothe, Missouri. Wyatt is also a member of Pi Tau Sigma and tutors for the Thermofluid Mechanics class weekly. After graduate school, Wyatt plans on pursuing a career in control systems/engineering design.
Research Category
Engineering
Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Document Type
Presentation
Presentation Date
12 Apr 2006, 9:00 am
Compressibility of viscoelastic fluid-filled membranes
Many of the organic bodies in everyday life, such as embryos, cells, and even eyes, can be model as viscoelastic fluid-filled membranes. Throughout each of these bodies lifespan, their daily functions include a plethora of mechanical activities like adhesion to other bodies or resistance to puncture. Because of this, it is desirable to have the mechanical properties or to be able to quantify the properties of these vessels for the use in mathematical models. This research will rid these mathematical models of some poor assumptions, and also help in the technique in collecting properties of these membranes.
