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SUMMARY:Lattice-kinetic approach to microfluidics - Professor Sauro Succi\
 , IAC-CNR\, Rome
DTSTART:20060512T100000Z
DTEND:20060512T110000Z
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CONTACT:Dr C. P.  Caulfield
DESCRIPTION:A deeper understanding of fluid-wall interactions in\nmicroflu
 idic devices is crucial to many emerging applications \nin modern science 
 and engineering.\nTo date\, the numerical investigation of these interfaci
 al phenomena is\nconducted mostly by means of molecular dynamics (MD) simu
 lations.\nMD is credited for offering the highest degree of physical reali
 sm\, but\nsuffers from severe limitations in reaching the spatial and temp
 oral\nscales of direct experimental relevance. The standard alternative is
  to\nresort to continuum formulations of fluid mechanics in the\nbulk flow
 \, supplemented with ad-hoc boundary conditions at the solid walls.\nThe c
 ontinuum approach is computationally efficient\, but its predictive \ncapa
 bility is severely constrained by the empirical nature of the boundary\nco
 nditions. In the recent years\, an alternative\, mesoscopic\, approach \nh
 as emerged in the form of suitably stylized lattice kinetic equations.\nBy
  its very mesoscopic nature\, naturally placed inbetween the continuum and
  atomistic\nlevels\, the lattice-kinetic approach holds great promise of c
 ombining the best\nfeatures of the atomistic and continuum descriptions\, 
 while doing away with \ntheir major limitations.\nIn this talk we shall il
 lustrate the basic ideas and mathematical tools\nbehind lattice kinetic th
 eory\, and discuss its successful application to some\noutstanding problem
 s in microfluidics\, such as the onset of slip-flow at solid\ninterfaces a
 nd super-hydrophobic effects on micro-corrugated surfaces.\n
LOCATION:Open Plan Area\, BP Institute\, Madingley Rise CB3 0EZ
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