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Volume 33, Issue 1
Hydrodynamic Performance of Euplectella Aspergillum: Simulating Real Life Conditions in the Abyss

Giacomo Falcucci, Giorgio Amati, Pierluigi Fanelli, Sauro Succi & Maurizio Porfiri

DOI: 10.4208/cicp.OA-2022-0063

Commun. Comput. Phys., 33 (2023), pp. 273-282.

Published online: 2023-02

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We detail some of the understudied aspects of the flow inside and around the Hexactinellid Sponge Euplectella aspergillum. By leveraging the flexibility of the Lattice Boltzmann Method, High Performance Computing simulations are performed to dissect the complex conditions corresponding to the actual environment at the bottom of the ocean, at depths between 100 and 1,000 m. These large-scale simulations unveil potential clues on the evolutionary adaptations of these deep-sea sponges in response to the surrounding fluid flow, and they open the path to future investigations at the interface between physics, engineering and biology.

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Lattice Boltzmann method, fluid-structure interaction, sponge hydrodynamics, high performance computing, complex boundary conditions.

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47.11.-j, 02.70.-c, 89.20.Kk

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@Article{CiCP-33-273, author = {Falcucci , GiacomoAmati , GiorgioFanelli , PierluigiSucci , Sauro and Porfiri , Maurizio}, title = {Hydrodynamic Performance of Euplectella Aspergillum: Simulating Real Life Conditions in the Abyss}, journal = {Communications in Computational Physics}, year = {2023}, volume = {33}, number = {1}, pages = {273--282}, abstract = {

We detail some of the understudied aspects of the flow inside and around the Hexactinellid Sponge Euplectella aspergillum. By leveraging the flexibility of the Lattice Boltzmann Method, High Performance Computing simulations are performed to dissect the complex conditions corresponding to the actual environment at the bottom of the ocean, at depths between 100 and 1,000 m. These large-scale simulations unveil potential clues on the evolutionary adaptations of these deep-sea sponges in response to the surrounding fluid flow, and they open the path to future investigations at the interface between physics, engineering and biology.

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TY - JOUR T1 - Hydrodynamic Performance of Euplectella Aspergillum: Simulating Real Life Conditions in the Abyss AU - Falcucci , Giacomo AU - Amati , Giorgio AU - Fanelli , Pierluigi AU - Succi , Sauro AU - Porfiri , Maurizio JO - Communications in Computational Physics VL - 1 SP - 273 EP - 282 PY - 2023 DA - 2023/02 SN - 33 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.OA-2022-0063 UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/cicp/21434.html KW - Lattice Boltzmann method, fluid-structure interaction, sponge hydrodynamics, high performance computing, complex boundary conditions. AB -

We detail some of the understudied aspects of the flow inside and around the Hexactinellid Sponge Euplectella aspergillum. By leveraging the flexibility of the Lattice Boltzmann Method, High Performance Computing simulations are performed to dissect the complex conditions corresponding to the actual environment at the bottom of the ocean, at depths between 100 and 1,000 m. These large-scale simulations unveil potential clues on the evolutionary adaptations of these deep-sea sponges in response to the surrounding fluid flow, and they open the path to future investigations at the interface between physics, engineering and biology.

Falcucci , GiacomoAmati , GiorgioFanelli , PierluigiSucci , Sauro and Porfiri , Maurizio. (2023). Hydrodynamic Performance of Euplectella Aspergillum: Simulating Real Life Conditions in the Abyss. Communications in Computational Physics. 33 (1). 273-282. doi:10.4208/cicp.OA-2022-0063
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