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SUMMARY:Mathematical modelling for medicine\, sports\, and the environment
  - Alfio Quarteroni (EPFL)
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DESCRIPTION:Classical mathematical models are used since several decades t
 o describe complex phenomena in continuum mechanics\, with applications in
  many diverse fields of engineering and technology. When complexity become
 s a concern\, recent developments in multiscale geometrical modeling and h
 eterogeneous domain decomposition methods have opened the way to progress 
 in modeling such complex systems as the human circulatory system and envir
 onmental systems. As a matter of fact\, appropriate strategies can be devi
 sed to allow for an effective description of the interaction between large
 \, 3D components\, and small 1D branches. Besides\, these models allow the
  simulation of the complex fluid-structure interaction which govern\, e.g.
 \, the artery wall deformation under the pressure pulse. Similar mathemati
 cal equations can be used in a completely different context\, for instance
  to describe the flow behavior around sailing boats\, with the purpose of 
 optimizing yacht performances.
LOCATION:MR2\, CMS
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