65 citations
2 papers
cs.CE2020
A Geometrically Exact Continuum Framework for Light-Matter Interaction in Photo-Active Polymers I. Variational Setting
M Mehnert, W Oates, P Steinmann
Molecular photo-switches as, e.g., azobenzene molecules allow, when embedded into a polymeric matrix, for photo-active polymer compounds responding mechanically when exposed to lig…
physics.flu-dyn2017★ 65 cited
Network-theoretic approach to sparsified discrete vortex dynamics
Aditya G. Nair, Kunihiko Taira
We examine discrete vortex dynamics in two-dimensional flow through a network-theoretic approach. The interaction of the vortices is represented with a graph, which allows the use…