March 2014 archive

Laetitia Giraldi: “Modelling, control and analysis for micro-swimmers”

Monday, april 7, 2:00pm, salle K1, bâtiment Kahn Modelling, control and analysis for micro-swimmers Laetitia Giraldi (ENS Lyon) Swimming strategies at the microscopic scale involves different mechanisms than in the human scale. Indeed, the flow is dominated by the viscosity effects of the water and becomes reversible. This feature, known as the scallop theorem in …

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