Dr. John F. Foss
Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Phone: (517)355-3337
Fax: (517)353-7179
Email: foss@egr.msu.edu
Address: A 118, Research Complex (Engineering), MSU,
E.Lansing, MI 48824
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Research Interests
- Analytical Experimentation (determination of governing phenomena using flow field measurements),
- Turbulent shear flows,
- Vorticity measurements,
- Automotive applications.
Resources
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2 ft x 2 ft x 8 ft test section closed circuit wind tunnel:
computer controlled traverse system
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Automotive Cooling Fan Research and Development Facility:
10 ft x 10 ft x 10 ft flow system with 3-D computer
controlled positioning and three velocity component
measurement system
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Sub-atmospheric flow system for air induction system
component evaluations: 8 ft x 10 ft x 10 ft
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Sonic nozzle flow stand: 0-1500 kg/hr stand with 9 binary-
staged nozzles
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Hot-wire fabrication and repair including capacity to
fabricate vorticity and other special purpose probes
Selected Publications
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Fractal properties of isovelocity surfaces in high reynolds
number labortory shear flows, A.A. Praskovsky, J.F. Foss,
S.J. Kleis and M.Y. Karyakin, Phys. Fluids, 1993.
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Vorticity Considerations and Planar Shear Layers, J.F. Foss,
Experimental Thermal and Fluid Sciences, 1994.
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J.M. Wallace and J.F. Foss, "The Measurement of Vorticity in
Turbulent Flows," Ann. Reviews of Fluid Mechanics, January
1995.
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Ali, S.K. and Foss, J.F., "A computer controlled, finite
duration `Steady' flow facility," Experiments in Fluids 19
(1995), Springer-Verlag, 250-254.
Selected Research
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Studies of the Tabbed Jet Flow Field, NASA Lewis Research
Center, from 1993, continuing.
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Evaluation of Fan Induce Flows in a Simulated Under Hood
Environment
P.I. J.F. Foss
Truck Division, Ford Motor Co., from 1993, continuing.
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Studies of the A-Pillar vortex for Noise Control Strategies
P.I. J.F. Foss
Ford Motor Co., 1996
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A Controlled Dissipation Experiment in Support of the
"Entropy Generation CFD Code" Evaluation Efforts
P.I. J.F. Foss
CCD., Ford Motor Co., 1995
Additional Information
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Director, Turbulent Shear Flow Laboratory
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Dr. Foss is a consultant with the Mass Air Flow Sensors
Group, Vehicle Thermal Management Systems, and Climate
Control Operations, of Ford Motor Co.
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Fellow of the ASME
Revised:June 12, 1997
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URL:
www.egr.msu.edu/ME/htdocs/faculty/foss
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