dc.contributor.advisor | Dimitrakopoulos, Panagiotis | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Wang, Yechun | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2005-02-02T06:48:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2005-02-02T06:48:09Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004-12-03 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1903/2115 | |
dc.description.abstract | The current thesis includes two distinct projects. The first study involves
the development of a novel three-dimensional Spectral Boundary Element
algorithm for interfacial dynamics in Stokes flow.
Our algorithm is the only available high-order/high-accuracy methodology for
the problem of droplet deformation in viscous flows. By applying this algorithm to
several interfacial problems, we find that our results are in excellent agreement
with experimental findings, analytical predictions and previous numerical
computations.
The second project studies viscous flows over a protuberance
on the inner wall of a solid microtube, a problem relevant to both
physiological systems and microfluidic devices. The shear stress,
drag and torque on the protuberance are determined as functions of the
spreading angle and the relative size of the protuberance which may
represent leukocytes, blood clots or endothelial cells on the microvessel wall.
This study facilitates the understanding of mechano-transduction
phenomena as well as cell adhesion in blood flow. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.title | Numerical Studies of Stokes Flow in Confined Geometries | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.publisher | Digital Repository at the University of Maryland | en_US |
dc.contributor.publisher | University of Maryland (College Park, Md.) | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Chemical Engineering | en_US |
dc.subject.pqcontrolled | Engineering, Chemical | en_US |
dc.subject.pqcontrolled | Engineering, Mechanical | en_US |
dc.subject.pquncontrolled | spectral boundary element method | en_US |
dc.subject.pquncontrolled | interfacial dynamics | en_US |
dc.subject.pquncontrolled | fluid force | en_US |
dc.subject.pquncontrolled | protuberance | en_US |