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Prof
University of Liverpool
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Schedule
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
3:00 PM Europe/London
Recording provided by the organiser.
Domain
Host
BioActive Fluids
Duration
70 minutes
I shall present two recent piece of work investigating how shape effects the transport of active particles in shear. Firstly we will consider the sedimentation of particles in 2D laminar flow fields of increasing complexity; and how insights from this can help explain why turbulence can enhance the sedimentation of negatively buoyant diatoms [1]. Secondly, we will consider the 3D transport of elongated active particles under the action of an aligning force (e.g. gyrotactic swimmers) in some simple flow fields; and will see how shape can influence the vertical distribution, for example changing the structure of thin layers [2]. [1] Enhanced sedimentation of elongated plankton in simple flows (2018). IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics W Clifton, RN Bearon, & MA Bees. [2] Elongation enhances migration through hydrodynamic shear (in Prep), RN Bearon & WM Durham.
Rachel Bearon
Prof
University of Liverpool
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