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Chair of Magnetofluiddy­namics, Measuring and Automation Technology

The department, headed by Professor Stefan Odenbach, has been an integral part of the university since 2005. Approximately 25 staff members are involved in teaching and research. In addition, the department regularly hosts visiting scholars from Germany and abroad.

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Research focus

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Magnetic liquids

are suspensions of fine particles in a suitable carrier liquid. The special feature of magnetic fluids is their superparamagnetic properties with otherwise normal fluid behavior. This allows the use of magnetic forces to control flow and behavior. This results in interesting technical and scientific applications.
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Rheology

is the science that deals with the deformation and flow behavior of matter. Rheology therefore includes subfields of elasticity theory, plasticity theory and fluid mechanics (non-Newtonian fluids). At the chair, mainly the connection between rheology and microscopic structure of complex fluids is investigated.
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X-ray tomography

has been developed in recent years into an established imaging technique in materials science and medicine. It enables the three-dimensional, non-destructive examination of complex geometric structures with inhomogeneous material composition at a spatial resolution in the micrometer range.
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Gasturbin­enkühlung

findet man in Flug- und Industriegasturbinen unter anderem beim Transport der für thermisch hoch belastete Bauteile unverzichtbaren Kühl- und Sperrluft. Zur Untersuchung und Optimierung dieser Sekundärluftsysteme , die Leistung und Wirkungsgrad der Maschine beeinflussen, kommt Messtechnik für Strömungsparameter, Temperaturen und Wärmeströme in rotierenden Versuchsanlagen zum Einsatz.
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The professorship

The close link between teaching and research is certainly a characteristic that has centrally determined our work during these years. Due to the large number of students in the basic course on measurement and on measurement and automation technology, the aspect of teaching in the basic area has taken on an extraordinarily high priority, both in terms of time and organization. In addition, the course had to be adapted during this time with a view to the contents of the lectures, the structure of the exercises and practical courses, but also with regard to the overall structure of the comprehensive practical course, in order to meet the requirements of a modern engineering education. to be appropriate. But also the teaching in the special fields, which is directly fed by the current research, covers with meanwhile eight courses the spectrum of our research interests from magnetic fluids over rheology to measurement technology.