2 papers
physics.flu-dyn2023
Formation and Optimisation of Vein Networks in Physarum
Rodrigo Almeida, Rui Dilão
Physarum polycephalum is an acellular slime mould that grows as a highly adaptive network of veins filled with protoplasm. As it forages, Physarum dynamically rearranges its networ…
physics.flu-dyn2021
Adaptive Hagen-Poiseuille flows on graphs
Rodrigo Almeida, Rui Dilão
We derive a class of equations describing low Reynolds number steady flows of incompressible and viscous fluids in networks made of straight channels, with several sources and sink…