

Prof. Tobias Schneider

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We are interested in how seemingly simple physical systems create unexpectedly complex patterns and dynamical behaviour. Examples range from complex laminar turbulent patterns in shear flows to the deformation of droplets in microfluidic applications and the buckling of loaded elastic shells. We study these systems using several aspects of continuum mechanics and transport theory entwinded with dynamical systems methods and large computer simulations.
Specific research projects include:
1. Fluid turbulence
1.1 Laminar-turbulent transition including spatio-temporal patterns
1.2 Exact invariant solutions underlying transitional turbulence
1.3 Polymer-induced drag reduction
2. Multiphase flow at small Reynolds-numbers
2.1 Nonlinear dynamics driving droplet breakup
2.2 Microfluidics
3. Fully nonlinear description of elastic shell buckling
4. Computational continuation and bifurcation analysis tool for nonlinear PDEs
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Tobias SCHNEIDER
MED 2 2826 (Bâtiment MED)
Station 9
CH-1015 Lausanne