DG-MP-PDE Seminar: Controllability results for a fish-like swimming body
- Date: 09/22/2009
Lecturer(s):
Alexandre Munnier, UBC and Nancy 1
Location:
University of British Columbia
Topic:
Controllability results for a fish-like swimming body
Description:
We study the controllability of a shape changing body immersed in a
perfect fluid. The shape changes are prescribed as functions of time and
satisfy constraints ensuring that they are due to the work of body's
internal forces only. The net locomotion of the body results from the
exchange of momentum between the shape changes and the fluid. We
consider the control problem that associates to any given shape changes
the trajectory of the body in the fluid and we will show how this
non-standard control problem can be solved within the framework of
geometric control theory.
Schedule:
3:30pm - 4:30pm, WMAX 110
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