Vortrag: "The Immersed Boundary method"

The immersed boundary method represents a numerical fluid-structure-interaction technique and can be used for biological applications.

Besides a general introduction to the Finite Element-based formulation of the IB method, I will present a numerical approach for handling different viscosities/densities, a fully implicit time-stepping scheme, an active cell sorting device and an optimal control problem to improve the sorting efficiency.