This laboratory is devoted to basic research investigating the relationship between convective heat transfer and turbulence. Euipment includes a 20 x 28 inch open loop wind tunnel, a PC controller, a high speed voltage recorder, an orthgonal triple wire probe, date acquisition system, computers with laser printer, probe positioning system, DC power supplies, hot wire anemometer system, and heat transfer surfaces. This facility contains a heat transfer apparatus, wind tunnel, parallel pump apparatus, and an air compressor in addition to space for project work. In this laboratory, basic research on heat conduction is performed. Thermal conductivity of various materials are measured using transient heat conduction methods.
Equipment includes data acquisition system, DC power supplies, a vacuum chamber, and a spectrometer.
This laboratory contains the following apparatus. A wheelchair wheel that can measure the forces and torques which the wheelchair rider exerts on the push-rim. Also included is a motion analysis system that records the position of the hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder of the wheelchair rider. This information is converted into forces and torques at the joints. The objective is to develop a workstation that a therapist can use to evaluate a wheelchair user while the individual is pushing.