SBIR Phase I: Virtual Prototyping Tool for Polymer Flow Process

Information

• NSF Award
• 0638075

Owner

• Exa Corporation

• Award Id

  0638075

• Award Effective Date

  1/1/2007 - 17 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  6/30/2007 - 17 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 100,000.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

This Small Business Innovative Research Phase I project will develop an engineering design level simulation tool for non-Newtonian flow systems, such as polymers and suspensions used in advanced materials engineering and process design. Recently developed innovative modeling of rheological properties at a mesoscopic level, using a rate-of-strain dependent relaxation time in the lattice Boltzmann method (LBM), will be used. Validation studies will include quantitative analysis of "spurt" in pressure-driven flow and persistent oscillations in piston-driven flow followed by a qualitative pilot study of polymeric flow in a complex geometrical industrial prototype device. <br/><br/>This project will produce design tools that are urgently needed to overcome physical and/or engineering limits in various manufacturing and processing industries, Potential applications include coating and fiber spinning, design and production of new processes and materials for filled and unfilled silicones, diesel powerplant and emissions, injection molding, environmentally benign processes, drag reduction in naval engineering, and ant-icing aircraft sprays.

• Program Officer

  Cheryl F. Albus

• Min Amd Letter Date

  10/27/2006 - 17 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  10/27/2006 - 17 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  Exa Corporation

• City

  Burlington

• State

  MA

• Country

  United States

• Address

  55 Network Drive

• Postal Code

  018030000

• Phone Number

  7815640287

• First Name

  Ilya

• Last Name

  Staroselsky

• Email Address

  ilya@exa.com

• Start Date

  10/27/2006 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Industrial Technology

• Code

  308000