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Midwest Mechanics Seminar

Pushing the Boundaries: From Detonations to Auto-injectors

Event Details

Date
Friday, April 13, 2018
Time
11 a.m.-12 p.m.
Location
Description
Joseph E. Shepherd, from Graduate Aerospace Laboratories at California Institute of Technology, will discuss his most recent work that examines the mechanics of auto-injectors used for self-administering viscous drug solutions contained in prepackaged syringes. Using a combination of instrumented devices, scaled-up models and numerical simulation, it demonstrates how large pressures and associated strains in the syringes result from the transient dynamics of device operation.
Cost
Free

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