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Friday, February 10, 2006 - 2:00pm

Anna-Karin Tornberg

Courant Inst

Location

University of Pennsylvania

Wu and Chen Aud., Levine Hall

We study slender fibers immersed in a Newtonian fluid at zero Reynolds number, hence a Stokes flow. The numerical technique is based on a slender body integral equation. I will talk about my work concerning both flexible and rigid fibers, but will focus on the later.