Math Club: The Navier-Stokes Equation for Fluid Dynamics and Its Application in the Movie Industry
The Navier-Stokes Equation for Fluid Dynamics and Its Application in the Movie Industry
Sangjin Ryu (a.k.a. Professor Otaku)
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
My Professor Otaku lecture series employs visual pop cultures to explain STEM in informal and casual ways. This Professor Otaku lecture for UNL Math Club is about fluid dynamics, a branch of physics to study motions of fluids, and mathematics, a crucial part of fluid dynamics. In this talk, I will introduce the Navier-Stokes equation for incompressible flow of Newtonian fluids, which is one of the Millennium Problems, and explain how analytic solutions of the simplified N-S equation are related to real flows. Then, I will introduce how solving the N-S equation computationally is used in the movie industry.
Date: Thursday, February 25th
Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm (central)
Zoom link: https://unl.zoom.us/j/99466468315?pwd=SmwwN2plWHB0SVBJR2hXVFgrSHVjdz09
Meeting ID: 994 6646 8315
Password: 752404