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BP: Fachverband Biologische Physik

BP 16: Poster - Glasses / Stat. Phys. Bio. / Networks (joint DY/BP/CPP/SOE)

BP 16.36: Poster

Tuesday, April 1, 2014, 09:30–12:30, P1

Feedback control of vorticity in a Newtonian fluid — •Maria Zeitz and Holger Stark — Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, D-10623 Berlin

Our goal is to explore feedback control strategies to stabilize novel dynamic flow patterns in microfluidic model systems. As an example, we investigate a Couette flow geometry without the inner cylinder filled with a Newtonian fluid. Its vorticity satisfies a diffusion equation. To stabilize a mean vortex strength in the flow field, we use feedback control with hysteresis. We either set the angular velocity of the outer cylinder or apply a torque at the boundary and switch velocity or torque value in a hysteretic fashion depending on the actual mean vortex strength. Since the boundary condition changes with time, the system does not reach a stationary state. In this setup, we explore the possibility of time-periodic solutions and spatial flow patters. In a second step, we will also implement time-delayed feedback in our system.