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Robert
L. Whipple
Personal Web
Research Engineer; MS, Michigan Technological University
Engineering Mechanics, Experimental Methods, Biomechanics, Phytomechanics
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Research
Interests
Technical
roles performed in research activities include—design of experiments,
design of experimental equipment, data acquisition to include installation
and programming of computerized data acquisition systems, instrumentation
selection and calibration, and data analysis with statistical comparisons.
Projects include—
- Diurnal
size changes in plants
- Stress
wave propagation in underground hardrock mines
- Properties
of finger bones
- Flow
patterns and heat transfer of louvered fin heat exchanger
- Design
of sporting equipment
- Effects
of corona discharge on heat transfer and pressure drops in tubes
Publications
- Ohadi,
M. M., Haase, R. A., Whipple, R. L., and Wouri, A. F., “A
Basic Study on Ice Detachment from Road Surface Via High-Pressure
Abrasive Liquid Jets,” Proceedings of the 10th International
Symposium on Jet Cutting Technology, Amsterdam, Paper no.
H-3, October 1990.
- Nelson,
D. A., Ohadi, M. M., Zia, S., and Whipple, R. L, “Electrostatic
Effects on Pressure Drop in Tube Flows,” International
Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 298-302,
1990.
- Whipple,
R. L., Ligon, J. B., Burger, C. P., and Coffman, M. S., “Resistance
Strain Gages as Physiological Transducers on Trees,” Experimental
Mechanics, Vol. 16, No. 9, pp. 329-36, September 1976.
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