Charles A. Petty

Professor, Chemical Engineering

Room A112 Engineering Research Complex

Michigan State University

Phone : (517)353-5486

Fax : (517)432-1634

E-mail : petty@che.msu.edu

Other WWW Homepages : 

http://www.egr.msu.edu/ChE/html/faculty/petty.html

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Fluid Mechanics

Turbulence

Separations

Hydrocyclones

Polymer Composite Processing

Polymer Drag Reduction

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS:

Polymer composite processing: impregnation of fiber bundles with viscous and viscoelastic fluids, non-newtonian effects in thermoplastic processing.

Hydrocyclones: oil/water separations; classification of thermoplastic waste streams.

Turbulence: closure models for swirling turbulent flows.

PUBLICATIONS:

Publications 1989-1990

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