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Department of Chemical Engineering seminar

16 February 2005

'Computing complex flows of complex fluids', presented by Dr Matteo Pasquali, Rice University, US .

When: Thursday, 17 February, 2.30pm
Where: Room 201, building 69, Clayton

Dr Pasquali will discuss recent developments in applying mesoscopic models of microstructured liquids to three-dimensional free surface flows. In such mesoscopic models, the dynamic microstructure of the liquid is accounted for by one or more tensors which represent the gyration tensor of local ensembles of polymer molecules (in the case of polymeric liquids), or the shape of liquid droplets (in the case of emulsions), or the shape of red blood cells (in the case of blood). I will show results on some model flows of dilute polymer solutions, and discuss recent developments and connections to fine-grain, microscopic models of microstructured liquids where the liquid microstructure is accounted for by simulating the Brownian motion of polymer molecules.

For further information contact Dr Ravi Jagadeeshan on extn 53274.