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teepan95 posted...

The main practical purpose is art restoration. You use the rheological (flow) data to draw conclusions about what kind of paint was used, so that when you have to restore the artwork you can do so as accurately as possible.

Keep in mind, flow doesn't necessarily mean liquid paint, but also things like how much it ran as it dried, any peaks of paint on the canvas, etc. Rheology is probably my favourite part of my syllabus, and this is my chance to immerse myself in it practically. I'll probably do a write-up on it once I'm done with the CFD stuff if there's interest.

If that's not practical enough, it's my boss's doctoral thesis topic and she needs to finish by December 2021, so she needs help and of course, I get paid. Mutually beneficial!!

That is bad ass. Are you an art lover? I wish I did something I was super passionate about haha