Applied Mathematics

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Viscoplastic biofluids: active mixing of yield-stress fluids

Active fluid flows occur in a range of systems from coral reefs and the human respiratory tract to engineered systems and micro-robots. This project will investigate the structure of flows in unbounded and confined geometries, and assess how flow fields are modified by non-Newtonian rheology (e.g., yield stress fluid). The project will draw on skills across multiple domains, including analytical modelling, dynamical systems, asymptotic analysis and numerical simulations.

Contact: Edward Hinton edward.hinton@unimelb.edu.au