Facilities
The UCLA SPINLab is a 900 square foot experimental fluid dynamics facility. SPINLab facilities, equipment and technical capabilities include:- Custom heavy-duty rotary table capable of stable rotation over the range 0.3 Ð 100 rpm
- Walker LDJ 35 cm bore solenoidal electromagnet with 10-1300 gauss field, uniform to +/-0.5% field over 20 cm diameter by 25 cm volume
- MetFlow UVP-Duo MX ultrasonic Doppler velocimetry system capable of measuring flow velocities in transparent or opaque fluids (i.e., liquid metals) down to ~0.5 mm/s and over ~1 mm lengthscales
- Temperature and magnetic field sensors coupled to a National Instruments data acquisition system, capable of multiplexing over 64 channels at up to 100 Hz.
- Industrial and precision closed-loop temperature baths.
- Windows across the south wall of the laboratory as well as blackout shades that can provide over 99% darkness for sensitive flow visualization experiments
- Dedicated power capabilities of up to 400 amps of 3 phase electrical power.
Laboratory facility, May 2007
TopEx (left) and RoMag Experiments, May 2007. (Supported by the NSF Geophysics Program.)
Afshin Yaghmaei (left) and Rick Bayard shown with our planetary libration experiment, aka the Libratron 3000. (Supported by the NASA PG&G Program.)
See SPINLab change through time