Théorique, numérique
The main objective of this PhD (in collaboration between LadHyX and BCAM) will be to analyse the effective rheology and dynamic response of reactive suspensions to mechanical forcing (e.g. shear flow). To do so, the first step will consist in simple numerical developments of the existing solvers to account for an external forcing by a shear flow. In a second step, the project will exploit these numerical developments to study in detail the evolution of the suspension’s rheology with particle density, shape and surface properties, as well as its response to chemical signaling.