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Complex Fluids 2007
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Modeling biofluid mixtures
using complex fluid models
CSIC Building (#406),
Seminar Room 4122.
Directions: home.cscamm.umd.edu/directions
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Modeling biofluid mixtures using complex fluid
models
Professor
Qi
Wang
Florida State University
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Abstract:
Biofluid mixtures like biofilms, mucus, etc. are
complex fluids of live micro-organisms. In this
talk, I will present a theoretical framework for
mathematical modeling of these complex fluids. The
models presented belong to the category of phase
field models since the volume fraction of a
particular species serves naturally as a phase field
variable. Steady states and linear stability of the
states of some of the models are analyzed. Growth of
material interface is simulated using finite
difference methods. Comparison among different
models and with experiments will be discussed as
well.
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