Applied/ACMS/absS12

From UW-Math Wiki
Revision as of 18:50, 7 February 2012 by Stech (talk | contribs)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Saverio Spagnolie, Brown

Hydrodynamics of Self-Propulsion Near a Boundary: Construction of a Numerical and Asymptotic Toolbox

The swimming kinematics and trajectories of many microorganisms are altered by the presence of nearby boundaries, be they solid or deformable, and often in perplexing fashion. When an organism's swimming dynamics vary near such boundaries a question arises naturally: is the change in behavior fluid mechanical, biological, or perhaps due to other physical laws? We isolate the first possibility by exploring a far-field description of swimming organisms, providing a general framework for studying the fluid-mediated modifications to swimming trajectories. Using the simplified model we consider trapped/escape trajectories and equilibria for model organisms of varying shape and propulsive activity. This framework may help to explain surprising behaviors observed in the swimming of many microorganisms and synthetic micro-swimmers. Along the way, we will discuss the numerical tools constructed to analyze the problem of current interest, but which have considerable potential for more general applicability.


Ari Stern, UC San Diego

Numerical analysis beyond Flatland: semilinear PDEs and problems on manifolds

TBA


Mike Cullen, Met. Office, UK

TBA

TBA


Ricardo Cortez, Tulane

TBA

TBA


Dwight Barkley, Warwick

TBA

TBA


Organizer contact information

Sign.png


Archived semesters



Return to the Applied and Computational Mathematics Seminar Page

Return to the Applied Mathematics Group Page