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Events on Thursday 03 September 2009

Modelling fluid-structure interactions in micro-devices
15:00 Thu 3 Sep 09 :: School Board Room :: Dr Richard Clarke :: University of Auckland

The flows generated in many modern micro-devices possess very little convective inertia, however, they can be highly unsteady and exert substantial hydrodynamic forces on the device components. Typically these components exhibit some degree of compliance, which traditionally has been treated using simple one-dimensional elastic beam models. However, recent findings have suggested that three-dimensional effects can be important and, accordingly, we consider the elastohydrodynamic response of a rapidly oscillating three-dimensional elastic plate that is immersed in a viscous fluid. In addition, a preliminary model will be presented which incorporates the presence of a nearby elastic wall.
Spin-up in a torus
16:00 Thu 3 Sep 09 :: School Board Room :: Dr Richard Hewitt :: University of Manchester

View from Ingkarni Wardli

Recent news
Two contract positions are available
As a result of the School's success in securing two prestigious Australian Research Council Future Fellowships, we now have two limited term positions available, one in Pure Mathematics and one in Statistics.