Computational Methods for F luids and Soft Matter (AC274): Plan

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Computational Methods for Fluids and Soft Matter (AC274): Plan Sauro Succi, G. Falcucci and P. Mocz IACS Harvard

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Computational Methods for F luids and Soft Matter (AC274): Plan. Sauro Succi , G. Falcucci and P. Mocz IACS Harvard. Goal. * Understanding and Modeling the B ehavior of Matter in Motion ( fluids and soft matter ). * Cars-airplanes-ships … but also - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Computational Methods for Fluids and Soft Matter (AC274): Plan

Sauro Succi, G. Falcucci and P. MoczIACS Harvard

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* Understanding and Modeling the Behavior of Matter in Motion

(fluids and soft matter)

Goal

* Cars-airplanes-ships … but alsoblood, droplets and DNA!

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Pαντα ρει(Everything flows)

(Heraclitus, ~500 a.C.)

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AC274: Part I

1. On the Four Levels (9/2)2. The Navier-Stokes equations (9/4)3. Discretization of PDE’s I (9/9)4. Discretization of PDE’s II (9/11)* Gap 1: PDE Assignement5. Finite Volumes/Elements (9/23) 6. Incompressible Navier-Stokes (9/25)7. Compressible Navier-Stokes (9/30)8. Lagrangian methods (10/2)9. Spectral methods (10/7)10. Flows with Interfaces (10/9)* Gap 2: NSE Assignement

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Part II: Mesoscale Methods

1. Particles in Cell (10/21)2. Molecular Dynamics (10/23)3. Direct Simulation MonteCarlo (10/28)4. Lattice Gas Cellular Automata (10/30)5. Lattice Boltzmann 1 (11/4) 6. Lattice Boltzmann 2 (11/6) * Gap 3: Choose the final project7. Dissipative Particle Dynamics (11/18)8. Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (11/20)9. N-body methods (11/25)10. Agent models for active matter (11/27)========================================* Final Project due (12/12)* Oral discussion (12/15-19)

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