Hatsopoulos Microfluids Laboratory (HML)
The Hatsopolous Microfluids laboratory (HML) was created within the Department of Mechanical Engineering as a center for research activities which focus on understanding the dynamics of fluid with microstructure and the emerging science of microfluidics. The Hatsopoulos Microfluids Laboratory (HML) (http://web.mit.edu/fluids/www/) consists of a single open-plan 6300 ft^2 laboratory that houses seven active and three emeritus faculty plus over 45 students and postdoctoral researchers. A broad overview of the principal research areas of faculty members within the laboratory is summarized below:
- optical imaging of complex flows
- rheology and dynamics of complex fluids
- dynamics of thin films
- flow stability
- flow-structure interactions
- flow in microfluidic devices and 'lab-on-a-chip' applications
- biofluid mechanics and biorheology
- Capillary phenomena and contact line dynamics
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Tuning Gastropod Locomotion: Modeling The Influence Of Mucus Rheology on the Cost of Crawling
(2007-05-04)Common gastropods such as snails crawl on a solid substrate by propagating muscular waves of shear stress on a viscoelastic mucus. Producing the mucus accounts for the largest component in the gastropod’s energy budget, ... -
Experimental Investigations of Elastic Tail Propulsion At Low Reynolds Number
(2007-05-04)A simple way to generate propulsion at low Reynolds number is to periodically oscillate a passive flexible filament. Here we present a macroscopic experimental investigation of such a propulsive mechanism. A robotic swimmer ... -
Elongational Viscosity of Monodisperse and Bidisperse Polystyrene Melts
(2007-01-23)The startup and steady uniaxial elongational viscosity have been measured for two monodisperse polystyrene melts with molecular weights of 52 kg/mole and 103 kg/mole, and for three bidisperse polystyrene melts. The ...
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