Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150103468

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP150103468

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Passive and active swimmers in complex flows. Strong interest in the motion of active swimmers in turbulent flows is triggered by problems such as sea search and rescue algorithms or diffusion of microorganisms in aquatic environments. For example, the patchiness in the distribution of phytoplankton can be related to the exposure of the microorganisms to turbulent flows. Recent progress in laboratory modelling of turbulence and the fabrication of artificial swimmers using Janus particles makes it possible to study these processes in the laboratory. This project is intended to undertake the first such study. The project is expected to help understand the impact of particle motility on turbulent dispersion.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-02-2015

End Date: 15-12-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $419,500.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Turbulent Flows | Interdisciplinary Engineering | Fluid Physics

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |

Other Keywords

Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Fluid Physics | Interdisciplinary Engineering | Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) | Turbulent Flows

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