U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Fundamental Studies of Suspensions of Anisotropic Particles

这项为期三年的奖项支持美法在各向异性粒子悬浮方面的合作研究。斯坦福大学的埃里克·沙克菲和爱丽丝·加斯特以及法国巴黎高等物理与工业学院的伊丽莎白·瓜泽利参与了这项研究。该研究的目的是研究和进行悬浮颗粒之间的流体动力相互作用的数值模拟，并对纤维的沉积和磁性颗粒链的流动进行实验。通过这些研究，他们建议表征这些系统的微观和宏观行为。美国调查人员为合作带来了理论专业知识。法国小组在进行这些实验方面的专业知识对此起到了补充作用。

This three-year award supports U.S.-France cooperative research on anisotropic particle suspension. It involves Eric Shaqfeh and Alice Gast of Stanford University and Elisabeth Guazzeli at the Ecole Superieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielles in Paris, France. The objectives of the research are to study and perform numerical simulations of hydrodynamic interactions between suspended particles; and to conduct experiments on the sedimentation of fibers and the flow of chains of magnetic particles. Through these studies they propose to characterize the microscopic and macroscopic behavior of these systems. The U.S. investigators brings to the collaboration theoretical expertise. This is complemented by the French groups expertise in conducting these experiments.