Flow Networks in Flux

Transport webs span a broad range of length scales, from microns in the human microcirculation to kilometers in river networks. The structure of all these networks is mutable and subject to either gradual, irreversible change, as in the case of river evolution in geological timescales, or reversible change, as in the case of the adaptation of human circulation to a faster heart rate in mere seconds. These changes are frequently brought about by flow that runs through channels, providing an active feedback between the currents and the channel conductances. As these networked systems are strongly coupled via the flow — a local disturbance in the network will be “felt” in a broad neighborhood around the site — dynamical adaptation allows the networks to self-organize and exhibit rich behaviors that are sometimes counterintuitive.

In this talk, Eleni Katifori will explore some of this rich phenomenology and, among other questions, try to understand how tides shape river deltas, explain how loopiness emerges in leaf vasculature and calculate the price of having a pulse.

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