Biological Hydrodynamics - WS21/22
Abstract: This class is divided in three parts and will cover hydrodynamics of passive fluids, hydrodynamics of active fluids, and biological pattern formation. We will review basics of continuum mechanics and equilibrium and non-equilibrium thermodynamics, linear response theory, Onsager relations, and the derivation of hydrodynamic equations both from microscopic rules and from a phenomenological approach using broken symmetries and conservation laws. Topics for passive fluids include thin film fluids and the statics and dynamics of nematic liquid crystals. Topics for active fluids include active nematic or polar fluids and biological fluids. Moving beyond linear response, we will discuss spatial chemical systems, bifurcation theory, and biological pattern formation. The class will end on coupled chemical and hydrodynamic pattern formation processes relevant for morphogenesis.
Scope: lecture: 2 hours/week; tutorials: 2 hours/week
Time:
Lecture every Wednesday 11:10am (3. DS)
Tutorial every Wednsday 9:20am (2. DS)
Location:
The next lectures & tutorials will be online. Please use the following zoom link:
ZOOM LINK FOR TUTORIAL WED 9:20
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/
ZOOM LINK FOR LECTURE WED 11:10
https://tu-dresden.zoom.us/j/
Audience: Bachelor and Master Physics students; students from the CMCB-Master 'NanoBioPhysics'; Master students from the 'Computational Modeling and Simulation' course
Specialization area: Soft Condensed Matter and Biological Physics
Previous knowledge: Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics
Lectures:
Benjamin Friedrich (TU Dresden)
Tutorial:
Aida Hashtroud (MPI PKS)
The examination (oral) is scheduled for March 4th. Please contact Anja Heinrich (CMCB student office) to register.
3G Awareness
Please take note of the TU Dresden's 3G access rules once at the beginning of the semester by filling out the questionnaire, which is opened in the OPAL course https://bildungsportal.sachsen.de/opal/auth/RepositoryEntry/32452870149/CourseNode/1634093595125267008 of the Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences via the button "Submit declaration".