Hydrodynamic Instabilities in Confined 3D Active Fluids
ORAL
Abstract
Through stability analysis of a 3D active fluid, I will elucidate the origins of three of the most spectacular phenomena seen in experimental systems- spontaneous coherent flows, growth of finite wavelength bend deformations, and nucleation of topologically neutral disclination loops.
*We acknowledge support from the Brandeis Centerfor Bioinspired Soft Materials, an NSF MRSEC, DMR-1420382 and DMR-2011846 (MV, AB, MFH), DMR-1855914 (MFH), and BSF-2014279 (MV and AB). Computational resources were provided by NSF XSEDE allocation TG-MCB090163 (Stampede) and the BrandeisHPCC which is partially supported by DMR-MRSEC2011486.
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Presenters
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Minu Varghese
- Brandeis Univ