Eric Matthys

Professor

Mechanical Engineering

Eric Matthys

Contacts

Department of Mechanical and Enviromental Engineering
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106

tel: (805) 893-2919
fax: (805) 893-8651
matthys@engineering.ucsb.edu

Personal web site

Research Description

Professor Matthys' main research areas involve non-Newtonian fluid mechanics and heat transfer, with experimental investigations of the characteristics of complex fluids such as surfactant solutions or polymer solutions, especially turbulent flow of drag-reducing fluids and issues of active control of convective heat transfer. Of interest also are biological fluids, such as natural marine polymers among others. Studies on implementation of drag-reducing fluids in industrial applications such as HVAC or fluid transport are conducted through laboratory and large-scale field tests. Fundamental rheological work on the equilibrium and dynamic viscoelastic properties of drag-reducing fluids undergoing micellar self-assembly is also a focus of the work. In addition, he studies transport phenomena in manufacturing and materials processing, which includes experimental and numerical investigations of materials processing and manufacturing systems involving solidification of molten metals

Biography

Eric Matthys recieved his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology in 1985


Selected Publications

  • On two distinct types of drag-reducing fluids, diameter scaling, and turbulent profiles, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluids Mechanics, Vol. 96, No. 3, 2001, 405-425, Gasljevic K., G. Aguilar, and E.F. Matthys
  • Buoyancy effects on heat transfer and temperature profiles in horizontal pipe flow of drag-reducing fluids, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, vol. 43, No. 23, 2000, 4267-4274, Gasljevic K., Aguilar G., and E.F. Matthys
  • An improved diameter scaling for turbulent flow of drag-reducing polymer solutions, J. of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, vol. 84, No. 3, 1999, 131-148, Gasljevic K., G. Aguilar, and E.F. Matthys
  • Coupling between Heat and Momentum Transfer Mechanisms for Drag-reducing Polymer and Surfactant Solutions, Journal of Heat Transfer, vol. 121, No. 4, 1999, 796-802, Aguilar G., K. Gasljevic and E.F. Matthys
  • Deposition of a molten layer of high melting point material : substrate melting and resolidification, Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. A262, 1999, 25-32, Wang SP, GX Wang, and E.F. Matthys
  • Improved Quantification of the Drag Reduction Phenomenon Through Turbulence Reduction Parameters, J. of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, vol. 84, No. 3, 1999, 123-130, Gasljevic K. and E.F. Matthys
  • Drag-reducing additives for recirculating hydronic systems: full-scale system engineering analysis and field test, Proc. of the International Symposium on Seawater Drag Reduction, 1998, 281-288, Gasljevic K, K. Hoyer, and E.F. Matthys
  • Field test of a drag-reducing surfactant additive in the hydronic cooling system of a building - phase 2 : heat transfer control, Applications of Heat Transfer in Equipment, Systems, and Education, Vol. HTD361-3, 1998, 255-263, Gasljevic K, K. Hoyer, and E.F. Matthys
  • Shear-Thickening In Low-Concentration Solutions Of Wormlike Micelles II: Slip, Fracture, And Stability Of The Shear-Induced Phase, Journal of Rheology, vol. 42, No. 5, 1998, 1209-1226, Hu Y.T., P. Boltenhagen, E.F. Matthys, and D.J. Pine
  • Substrate Melting and Resolidification after contact with a molten layer of high melting point material, Heat Transfer in Materials Processing, Vol. HTD361-4, 1998, 131-136, Wang S.P., Wang G.X., and E.F. Matthys